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  • in reply to: What turns people away from their religion? #20056

    L.
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    It was the ‘one size fits all’ syndrome that turned me away from religion. It seems that all faiths profess to be the one true faith, most in a very distasteful ‘We know better than you what you should think’ zealotry. I didn’t like being treated like a mental defective who needed detailed instructions from some nebulous source on how to live my life, feel my emotions and think my thoughts. I came to prefer a rational, science-based outlook that makes much more sense to me than some submissive theory of proper behavior. In addition, I find that the more a religion shouts that it is The One, the more I disdain and actively promote its demise. In a rational world, we’d all believe in science and ourselves, not a pack of fairy tales spun to control us.

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    Name : L., Gender : F, Race : White/Caucasian, Age : 44, City : Honolulu, State : HI, Country : United States, Occupation : clerical, Education level : 2 Years of College, Social class : Lower middle class, 
    in reply to: Older black folks friendly, younger ones not #40510

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    Most young people are not raised to have the good manners older people have. It’s the child worship syndrome in action.

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    Name : L., Gender : F, Race : White/Caucasian, Age : 44, City : Honolulu, State : HI, Country : United States, Occupation : clerical, Education level : 2 Years of College, Social class : Lower middle class, 
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