Post #2215323
2026-04-25 01:34 UTC
@housepanther@social.goblackcat.com
Same and I really think this starts with treating spiritualistic people with respect. These are folks with real profound experiences they've attributed to their spiritual understanding of the world and there is almost no amount of pure reason we can throw at that to convince them to be atheists.
Worse still calling their practices barbaric and their beliefs idiotic and they'll just continue to see us unenlightened forces of evil or something.
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@housepanther@social.goblackcat.com 2026-04-25 02:07
@Nagaram@hachyderm.io Correct. Part of human nature is holding on to core beliefs tightly. This is largely an instinctual carryover from millennia ago. I know I struggle with it from time to time. But in the end, I hate being patently wrong and I love learning. I think if we can encourage the devout to learn, we might be able to help them think critically about their own beliefs. Ridicule will only make them defensive.