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OftenBen  ·  3703 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The Vatican's New Stance Toward Gays and Divorcees - The Atlantic

    if they want future generations outside of the third world to care about them.

Atheism, or at least, a lack of formal, structured (Tithe-paying, say it softly) religion is on the rise, and is only becoming more prevalent.

That being said, those in abject poverty are more likely to be religious, and those in abject poverty are also more likely to have lots of children, and because of modern medicine, lots of those children will survive. So I don't know what I'm actually saying anymore.





JackTheBandit  ·  3703 days ago  ·  link  ·  

that we aren't really going anywhere fast, we just tell ourselves we are?

OftenBen  ·  3703 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Maybe. I don't know. It's late, I had an exam today, stayed up too late studying last night, I had a shitty day today, and the day before an old musty skeleton pulled itself out of its crypt and danced in my face.

Short version, Christianity hurt me, and has caused members of my family a lot of grief. I'm going to be against it(And most organized religion) directly for a long time.