Imagine being such a persecuted group in America that you get to blast spam mail to everyone in your community in the name of religion with no repercussions.

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    8 months ago

    Fwiw, I appreciate what you tried to do. I enjoy reading about the facts that people manage to separate from the fiction. Religion shouldn’t be a thing, but even if all people stopped believing in it, the texts shouldn’t be destroyed like some people would want. I find that silly… hating something so much… it’s energy better spent elsewhere

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      8 months ago

      Honestly if people stopped believing in it the academic study would shrink but improve so much.

      A lot of the field is kind of crap and deserving of skepticism, with too little effort to correct for anchoring and survivorship biases.

      But yes, sometimes I can find that discussing the academic study of the Bible is as obtuse with some atheists as with evangelicals.

      I don’t take it personally though. It’s not a dead religion and a lot of people have trauma relationships with the subject because of things the live remnants of the traditions do. I was fortunate enough not to be born into it and to have spent most of my childhood not even knowing who the heck ‘Jesus’ was supposed to be. It was a huge advantage personally and a huge advantage in seeing past the bullshit when I got around to reading the material.

      Not everyone was so fortunate, so I generally have empathy for those who take that more close minded approach even if I do my best to provide the objective information relevant to the conversation.

      Appreciate your comment though!