kinsnik

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[–] kinsnik@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

religious belief is a mental illness

religious belief is a coping mechanism. it helps people cope with uncertainty and the unknown, creating a community. It has been in decline because there is much less unknown now that before, although it will probably always exist; since we will never know what happens after death, there will always be some unknown

Organized religion like Catholicism is a instrument of power, and it has definitely enabled genocide