Recent comments in /f/Pennsylvania

scotticusphd t1_j76l0vj wrote

For me, it's decades of being told that I'm going to hell by people who don't understand basic science and who look the other way when their religious leaders rape children. I grew up in a Baptist church full of people who claimed to follow the teachings of Christ while being small-minded and mean to people who look different than them.

I didn't have that same experience in any other group I participated in later in life. There are dumb, spiteful people everywhere but Christian churches seem to aggregate them.

There is also the fact that they believe in what's obviously a fairytale. Being a devout Christian says a lot about the state of your mind and whether or not you live in reality.

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artificialavocado t1_j76htt2 wrote

Honestly as much as I dislike them these Supreme Court people are highly educated and extremely smart. They don’t do anything without at least the tacit approval from their donors. Normal people like you and me think “well the 1% already owns half the country that should be enough.” No, it isn’t enough. They want the other half or at least as much of that other half as possible. Their ideal society is something close to serfdom. So yeah you are correct they want to roll it back but religion is just a cudgel not necessarily the goal. Sorry rant over.

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artificialavocado t1_j76gv5r wrote

It’s absolutely awful. Maybe some people are making light but I’m certainly not. Details in the article were scarce but come on their fundamentalist almost definitely played at least a part. I have extended family or are hardcore Catholic this would be horrific to them.

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