• TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    a lot of the shit in here is just ignorant. I believe a lot will change, but not the shit people are posting. religion?? come on

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      1 year ago

      What do you expect to change with regards to acceptance of religion in the next 20 years?

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        1 year ago

        I don’t think much is going to change about religion. People have been religious for … all of human history and beyond? And they still are. And that comes with all the add-ons: sacrifice and care, bigotry and tribalism, manipulation and lies, false hope and real strength. People will still prostrate before Mecca in 2043 and some people will still mistrust them for it. Swindlers and conmen will still wear the face of spirituality to claim moneyfamepower.

        Maybe the one thing that might change, maybe, is homophobia becoming less common in the Abrahamic religions. Maybe. I hope.

        How long until the US has its first openly atheist president? There’s elections in 2024, 28, 32, 36, 40, and 44. Up to six new people, or as few as three. The first catholic president was in the 60s and it took 60 more years to elect another, and it still came up as an issue. I don’t know if that much can change about religion in only 20 years.