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[–] toastus@feddit.de -1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

We're using fancy words now to seem smart?
Works better if you know what they mean.

And I don't have any problem believing that vast majorities of a population can fall to a cult.
I mean in the middle ages people didn't even have a choice about their religion and I hope you are not trying to tell me crusades and literal witch hunts are not cult behaviour.

[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 3 points 9 months ago

We’re using fancy words now to seem smart? Works better if you know what they mean.

Okay:

Cancer
Cult

So now that we've gotten definitions out of the way, can we acknowledge what century we are in?

I mean in the middle ages people didn’t even have a choice about their religion and I hope you are not trying to tell me crusades and literal witch hunts are not cult behaviour.

At which point did I say 80% of Europeans are currently involved in Crusades or Literal Witch Hunts?

My point was currently, right now, 80% of the population believe in one religion or another. Support for left wing ideals, such as social programs and rights for LGBTQ+ far exceeds 20% of the population. The problem is not religion. The problem is hateful closed minded people who use religion as an excuse to be hateful and close minded.