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Re:Take something you don’t like and try to like it by palata on Wednesday September 03, 2025 @06:13PM (#45120949)
> but the way the church is used to spread hate for people who are different than them.

I am not religious at all, but disliking the church because it speads hate is like disliking white persons (or whichever arbitrary criterium you want) because they are criminals: the reality is that only a minority speads hate and only a minority are criminals. A majority of religious people are good and want to do good. And it doesn't require religion to spread hate, far from it.

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Re:Take something you don’t like and try to like it by spauldo on Thursday September 04, 2025 @02:08AM (#45124088)
Note I specifically said "is used to spread hate." There are a lot of people who use religion as a tool to push their agenda. That's especially true here in the US, where the evangelical churches are so prevalent.

It differs from church to church, of course, and it says nothing about any particular member of the congregation.

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Re:Take something you don’t like and try to like it by palata on Thursday September 04, 2025 @05:55AM (#45125461)
Right, yeah I was nitpicking a bit :-)
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