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minus-squareNoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoNot respecting a flag won’t end democracy, but cutting off religion will end democracy. As you can probably guess from the article above, even most atheists are implicitly religious one way or another.
minus-squareNoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoUh… Nationality? Idelogy? Political party? Hell, sports teams? This shit runs deep.
minus-squareVoyajer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-22 months agoSo what gambling is a religion too? What kind of faith do you need to acknowledge one’s nationality? Faith that it’s internationally recognized?
Not respecting a flag won’t end democracy, but cutting off religion will end democracy. As you can probably guess from the article above, even most atheists are implicitly religious one way or another.
Absolutelythefucknot
Uh… Nationality? Idelogy? Political party? Hell, sports teams? This shit runs deep.
So what gambling is a religion too?
What kind of faith do you need to acknowledge one’s nationality? Faith that it’s internationally recognized?