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Why in the year 2024 and with all the knowledge humans have now do people still believe in religion? (lemmy.world)

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[-] crazyminner@lemmy.ml 19 points 10 months ago

People are stupid, scared and ignorant. Tradition and the thought that all this chaos has some kind of meaning behind it bring them comfort.

I actually got more religious before I accepted I was trans. When faced with a harsh reality people can become more religious.

Luckily it looks like the internet and access to information is killing religion in the new generations before it takes root.

[-] TopRamenBinLaden@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

You hit the nail on the head. A lot of people are just scared by the chaos and meaninglessness of life and death. It is terrifying to know that everyone you know and love is going to die and be forgotten, eventually, including yourself. Everything that has meaning to you has an expiration date, and a lot of people have trouble accepting that. So they hold on to illogical fairy tales of eternal life in paradise to deal with the existential dread.

[-] StereoTrespasser@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Paul

John

Ptolemy

Basil

Gregory

Francis

Aquinas

Calvin

Augustine

Ockham

Milton

Kierkegaard

Tutu

Lewis

Luther

Yes, you are far wiser than these stupid, scared, and ignorant people.

[-] crazyminner@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago

You can be smart and wise and also delusional. Actually if the delusion is deep having a good brain can work against you.

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