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Religious and superstitious beliefs should not be respected. (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by Tedesche@lemmy.world to c/unpopularopinion@lemmy.world

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We're in the 21st century, and the vast majority of us still believe in an utterly and obviously fictional creator deity. Plenty of people, even in developed countries with decent educational systems, still believe in ghosts or magic (e.g. voodoo). And I--an atheist and a skeptic--am told I need to respect these patently false beliefs as cultural traditions.

Fuck that. They're bad cultural traditions, undeserving of respect. Child-proofing society for these intellectually stunted people doesn't help them; it is in fact a disservice to them to pretend it's okay to go through life believing these things. We should demand that people contend with reality on a factual basis by the time they reach adulthood (even earlier, if I'm being completely honest). We shouldn't be coddling people who profess beliefs that are demonstrably false, simply because their feelings might get hurt.

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[–] twisted28@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The burden of proof lies on the one making the claim in the first place.

[–] ubermeisters@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

THanks for agreeing with me that OP needs to prove there isn't a god in order to justifiably be upset about all this. bye

[–] twisted28@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The people who claimed there is a god would have the burden of proof on them moron

[–] ubermeisters@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

They did, until OP posted. He started a new instance of this logical hierarchy, thus making them the root node for our local conversation.