• MissJinx@lemmy.world
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    10 hours ago

    Religion is a scam. Anyone with critical thinking can see that BUT if you understand that and choose to follow because it makes you feel better it’s ok!

    • NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io
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      2 hours ago

      A scam requires someone to make money (or some other benefit) off someone else. That’s the case with modern Christianity, sure, but generalizing that to all religion comes with a hefty [citation needed].

    • DoomProphet@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      8 hours ago

      Is it though? By following it you legitimize it and others, who have not yet realised it, will fall for it. Why not just come to terms with the fact that, most likely, our existence is a cosmic coincidence and once we’re dead that’s it?