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He cited, as supposed evidence, the decline of national church attendance and the rise of LGBTQ youth — the fact, Johnson lamented, that “one-in-four high school students identifies as something other than straight.”

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[-] cmbabul@lemmy.world 19 points 11 months ago

You don’t even have to make that challenge. The god you and I used to believe in can’t even pass its own ethical scrutiny, even if there were a deity like that it would be a cruel and evil one

[-] Telorand@reddthat.com 5 points 11 months ago

I often say that the Christian mythos makes a lot more sense if you presume their god is evil or at least a trickster.

[-] samus12345@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Or really, if they just drop the claim that he's somehow better than humans. He acts like I'd expect your average asshole to act.

[-] mateomaui@reddthat.com 3 points 11 months ago

Even if real, this is the primary reason I wouldn’t spend any worship time on his behalf any more than I would for Trump. Fuck them both.

[-] samus12345@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

ESPECIALLY if real. If he doesn't exist, that's just humans doing their religion thing. If he (Yahweh in particular) does, the universe is controlled by a petulant manchild, which really sucks.

[-] makatwork@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

It's just Loki in another one of thier disguises

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