Exactly what the title says, Christianity in all its various strains still stems from the horrendous old testament, and with all the awful shit that endorses, as well as with things like Calvinism and the general doomsday cult foundations in the religion, why do some people still act so charitably towards it? Christianity has proven itself to be a morally corrupt and oppressive institution at every turn. Or maybe I’m just too negative? edgeworth-shrug

EDIT Ok guys I get it this was rather reductionist, and I definitely was disregarding all the good that religious folks have done, and that religion has inspired people to do, but again over correcting into enthusiastic support for religion can also be problematic.

  • MiraculousMM [he/him, any]@hexbear.netM
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    Hey I’m fine with that viewpoint on religion as a whole but this part:

    most people on this site aren’t Marxists

    is completely unnecessary. Good comrades can disagree on things like this and still be materialists.

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      I don’t mean it in the sense that “everyone that disagrees with me isn’t a real Marxist,” I genuinely don’t think the majority of people on this website read theory. Hexbear leans much more into shitposting than other leftist forums I use, and I don’t see nuanced materialist analysis here very often.