• drake@lemmy.sdf.org
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        7 hours ago

        I am against all organised religion, but I think that we should all fear the authoritarian oppression of the state far more than any religion.

        It’s a bit like the death penalty - I oppose the death penalty not because I think that there aren’t people who we would all be better off if they weren’t alive, but because we cannot trust the state with that power.

        • yeahiknow3@lemmings.world
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          1 minute ago

          I agree with you in principle but organized cults are fucking terrifying. In fact it is exactly when governments form around these cults that they become truly horrific and unstoppable.