• RecluseRamble@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    7 months ago

    and will openly (albeit only when I ask) tell me I deserve to go to hell for it

    Sorry for your loss because that’s not a friend.

    • TopRamenBinLaden@sh.itjust.works
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      7 months ago

      You are right that they are no longer a friend, but that’s because they were brainwashed into thinking their friends perfectly normal identity is a result of Satan controlling them, or whatever. Christianity, and most other religions, cause more harm than good in our modern times.

      We have outgrown religion’s usefulness as a species, but people are so afraid of death, and the meaningless of life, that they will deny reality to hold on to the hope of a better life after this one. Then, others will use this desperation to their own advantage, and convince their followers that being gay, trans, or just a little different, is an automatic heaven ban.