• biofaust@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    Because you think that the chakra-healing yoga teacher selling supplements, taking advantage of people who are desperate to get better or to look better and who don’t know better, is in any way morally or ethically superior to any member of an organized religion?

    She is a priest like all the others in my book. Behaving exactly the same way.

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      4 days ago

      No we shouldn’t allow any con men to work up groups of uneducated people into a frenzy for their own financial gain.

      You thinking that this is a whataboutism thing is a sign that you have religious conditioning that you need to work out.

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        3 days ago

        I didn’t say that attention should be given elsewhere. That would be whataboutism.

        I am saying that the tree is being mistaken for the forest.

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          3 days ago

          You decided that you didn’t like people attacking orginized religon and then compared it to something that is nowhere near as harmful because you assumed I am ok with all other instances of cult behavior to feel like the victim.

          That’s whataboutism.

          And to be honest, Idk if you can even self reflect for long enough to see that

          You need to snap out of this mentality that religion is healthy, it has wormed its way deep into your core.

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            3 days ago

            I don’t like people attacking organized religion?! Are you joking?

            The base behavior is the same: predating on the weaknesses on others leveraging irrational thoughts.

            You didn’t even read my first comment.