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Why in 2024 do people still believe in religion? (serious) (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 months ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 6 months ago

Human politics are always going to be human politics. Religion is usually just an excuse to do what everyone wanted to do anyway. Science is what happens when you inquire about how why and how things are honestly and thoroughly, though, so I don't think the former is harmless.

If you read the question being asked in this thread critically, do you find it a scientific question? A political one?

Probably political, or at least personally motivated. I suppose it's possible OP genuinely has no ideas, but I think that's unlikely. I still stand by my answer.