Should religion stay in the area of spirituality, and not influence politics?

Laws are something everyone in a state or country has to follow; religion is not.

It’s hard for me to fathom that I once believed that god sent his son (who is also himself) to save the people he created (knowing they would one day sin) from a consequence he created, by sacrificing himself as a blood offering to fulfill a requirement that he also made. 😳

You are free to hold onto and find comfort in your beliefs the same way I am allowed to see the bigotry and oppression by the same beliefs.

“You can safely assume that you’ve created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do.” ~Anne Lamott

So why are christians deciding what rights people have? You know, the ones spewing "marriage is between Adam and Eve- not Adam and Steve." 🙄

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LordShadowfire · 46-50, M

The problem is, they've had it drilled into their heads that their religion is the One True Religion™, and their vision of God is the One True God™. And so they believe that everybody needs to follow their religion, or we'll all burn in hell forever.

If you believed you had lifesaving information that everybody needed to hear, you would tell them, right? And if they scoffed at that information, you would be afraid for them. So you would double down on pushing your narrative, because you believe lives are at stake.

spjennifer · 61-69, T

@LordShadowfire Would that what you are saying is the case, it isn't. For many of them, it's more about "exclusion" than inclusion. If you aren't one of the "Faithful", you're damned and going to hell and they could care less about you!

Randi1125 · 31-35, F

@spjennifer

This analogy is hard for me to accept. I will never accept oppression.