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i'm so glad i gave up christianity. i might be a little less glad when i get purged, but at least i won't be doing the purging. jesus of nazareth has some chill teachings, but the whole thing is poisoned by the actual history of the religion. genocide, book burnings, and ethnic cleansing are not exactly noble teachings.
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@prologic@twtxt.net both religion and politics encompass an extremely wide spectrum of ideas and behavior. we need to be specific in making a critique, otherwise it doesn’t deepen our understanding of the world. though i agree that the status quo political and religious landscape is awful due to the historical context i’m talking about upthread.