Hey, so I believe in a higher power but I’m not on board with any particular religion. Anyone else think it’s cool to just fly solo as a good human, no religion attached?

  • @TheBananaKing
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    31 year ago

    What purpose does the belief part cover?

    In my experience, this usually fills in for something that people need to be true.

    • @IonAddis
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      21 year ago

      In my experience, this usually fills in for something that people need to be true.

      I’m not religious, but I’ve noticed religion can (successfully) act as a mental buffer to help people through hard times. To keep them from simply clocking themselves out during the lowest of lows.

      Whether someone else likes that idea or not because it’s “lies” doesn’t really matter if it’s a technique for pure animal survival that works for some members of a species.

      Personally, I’ve seen a lot of damage done to perfectly good people done via religious institutions, so I’d prefer if a formalized network of mental health services that was affordable and accessible existed. But, again, my preferences for the type of system that performs a function aren’t going to erase what happens in real life with real people faced with survival problems on the ground.

      • BabyWah
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        11 year ago

        That’s a good take. It offers hope in times of desperation. A mental health solution would be better, but I’m told constantly that there’s a waiting list of 2 years, even though my GP is trying his very best to get me into a program, sometimes a higher power is all we have.

        That said, f*ck all the religious rules. Live your life and hang on, even if you have to believe in a unicorn.