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Debate Erupts Over Whether Banning Religion Is Cruel
Original: @ Netzblockierer @ weekendspy I believe religion is a deep need in humans and forbidding all aspects of it is cruel beyo
A social media user argued that religion fulfils a deep human need and that forbidding all aspects of it is cruel beyond measure, while conceding their own painful experience of being taught as a child that gay people would go to hell. The remark drew modest engagement and reflects an ongoing clash between critics of religious restrictions and those harmed by religious teachings.
Why now: Religion's role in public life and its harms versus its human value remain a recurring point of online controversy.
Evidence
- @ Netzblockierer @ weekendspy I believe religion is a deep need in humans and forbidding all aspects of it is cruel beyond measure. Then again I was taught that gay people go to hell, which is not an easy lesson to live with as a horny kid. There are no religious exemptions for… · janvenetor@mastodontti.fi · 9
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