Post AlOGvqPF8kYeeVrQoq by naptowncode@mastodon.online
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 (DIR) Post #AlNzIj8aX4hlavpf6m by aral@mastodon.ar.al
       2024-08-27T07:56:19Z
       
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       I love how we inhabit a world where the majority of people live according to the dictates of a magic invisible sky fairy and yet feel competent to pass judgement on the mental wellbeing of others.
       
 (DIR) Post #AlNzSKr9fEtPBSG9gG by Alephwyr@chitter.xyz
       2024-08-27T07:57:59Z
       
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       @aral Health and truth are distinct, and predators don't need to understand their prey beyond figuring out how to hunt them.
       
 (DIR) Post #AlNzfVh8g7KOYyrBzs by fkamiah17@syzito.xyz
       2024-08-27T08:00:24Z
       
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       @aral I noticed another one of the Evangelists (Copeland, I think) has bought himself an "essential" $36mn private jet with the "tithes" from his "congregation" 🙄
       
 (DIR) Post #AlNzpgEwKIhUAFW59E by MichalBryxi@veganism.social
       2024-08-27T08:02:15Z
       
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       @aral One of the reasons I've been quite proud on the situation of "Church vs ..." in Czechia. Effectively 77.9% of people don't sign up for any religion.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_the_Czech_Republic
       
 (DIR) Post #AlO1mxruWkX1sUZsI4 by greenWhale@dice.camp
       2024-08-27T08:24:07Z
       
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       @aral what did I miss this time? 😱
       
 (DIR) Post #AlO2rcyBkuJGSoIkNc by aral@mastodon.ar.al
       2024-08-27T08:36:15Z
       
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       @greenWhale Oh, nothing in particular… just musing.
       
 (DIR) Post #AlO3G5M1sGA1Rl7C0u by mindshoot@mastodon.xyz
       2024-08-27T08:10:16Z
       
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       @fkamiah17 @aral when I hear the name Copeland I cannot help but think of this fabulous video. I hadn’t appreciated the overlap between preaching and metal. https://youtu.be/0JPRvxTjfOk
       
 (DIR) Post #AlO3G6BmlpYq2HKWga by aral@mastodon.ar.al
       2024-08-27T08:40:35Z
       
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       @mindshoot @fkamiah17 Oh that’s awesome 🤣
       
 (DIR) Post #AlOGvqPF8kYeeVrQoq by naptowncode@mastodon.online
       2024-08-27T11:13:47Z
       
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       @aral It’s really disappointing to get this periodic reminder that, no matter how good I ever get at following the tenets of love & understanding in my religion, atheists will just sneer and dismiss me with “magic sky fairy”.
       
 (DIR) Post #AlONFiFNmgvcre6ca0 by ekis@mastodon.social
       2024-08-27T12:24:39Z
       
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       @aral I know the magic invisible sky fairy? I mean come on.Clearly the markets are all knowing, all seeings, all loving and will guide us to a promised land where we are all equal but obviously most less equal than others.
       
 (DIR) Post #AlOUWbfWCBCr40Kiwa by aral@mastodon.ar.al
       2024-08-27T13:46:04Z
       
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       @naptowncode Love and understanding don’t require religion, they require humanity.And I’m no more an atheist than I am an abatmanist. (I don’t define myself by the fact that I don’t believe that this storybook character or that is real.)
       
 (DIR) Post #AlOUdokFyZb1e8zJtA by aral@mastodon.ar.al
       2024-08-27T13:47:28Z
       
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       @ekis Indeed, religions come in many shapes and forms.
       
 (DIR) Post #AlOVNwUtUAfZ0hnR0i by unexpectedteapot@social.linux.pizza
       2024-08-27T13:55:34Z
       
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       @aral @ekis I always thought there's a sense of irony that in many countries religious holidays are called just that, while in the UK they're called "bank holidays"
       
 (DIR) Post #AlOYoIqPK2svi57WRU by naptowncode@mastodon.online
       2024-08-27T14:33:26Z
       
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       @aral I never said religion is required to be a good person. I’m just annoyed that I can live up to your stated ideas of a good person and still be an object of your contempt.
       
 (DIR) Post #AlOZQ1i7TP33ZiEQl6 by aral@mastodon.ar.al
       2024-08-27T14:40:51Z
       
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       @naptowncode I never said it’s impossible to be a good person despite religion. It just takes a lot of work to creatively reinterpret/ignore/reject all the horrible bits.
       
 (DIR) Post #AlOaWjyNv5HCXmbZY0 by naptowncode@mastodon.online
       2024-08-27T14:53:20Z
       
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       @aral I don’t agree that my religion is a collection of horrible bits. And it’s tiresome to be told that again and again, as I often am working in tech, especially by people I want to respect.Sometimes it feels like that’s just my lot, unless I want to hide away that part of me or play the role of “one of the good ones”.