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[-] BrooklynMan@lemmy.ml 24 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

religion and the belief in the supernatural/paranormal. also the belief in conspiracy theories.

[-] salarua@sopuli.xyz -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

conspiracy theories i agree with, but religion? organized religion, definitely. joining a religion with a hierarchy signals that you want someone else to give you all the answers, which is very much a mark of poor education. but religious beliefs are not an automatic marker of poor education, as long as they're sincerely held, don't supersede science, and are frequently revisited and revised based on personal experience and knowledge. even basic, broad frameworks like animism or some parts of Buddhism can help you make sense of the world when science can't help you

[-] BrooklynMan@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

When science has not yet provided an answer, the solution is to keep searching. The answer is not, “oh, God, must’ve done it!” Beliefs, regardless of how sincerely held, are not knowledge, but merely how one may wish things to be. Wishes are not truths.

[-] cedarmesa@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
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