Especially in the Middle East and a large proportion of Africa?

EDIT:

What I mean by “religious toxicity” is being very religious to the point of hating the non-religious, and secularism.

EDIT 2:

I’m not surprised that religions like Christianity and Islam still exist, I’m surprised that there are still so many super religious Christians and (especially) Muslims out there. If I’m going to be honest, it concerns me.

  • BarqsHasBite@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    I think a lot of people can’t figure out the world, so they rely on religion to tell them what’s good, what’s bad, who’s good, who’s bad. The rely on it to “understand” the world.

    In my experience many, many people really have to simplify the world. They can’t see shades of gray or nuance, they need black and white.

  • pan_troglodytes@programming.devEnglish
    11·
    1 year ago

    the “religious toxicity” is an extension of tribalism. the culture hasnt really evolved much & it’s super easy for religion to sink its teeth in

  • DeltaTangoLima@reddrefuge.comEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Now, don’t take this the wrong way, but this totally feels like a leading question, looking to pick an argument.

    Not saying that’s what it is, but you haven’t given any reasoning, context or data to suggest why you think the situation should be any different. Over what time period were you expecting things to change? Why were you expecting things to be different by now?

    • BarqsHasBite@lemmy.world
      1·
      11 months ago

      to suggest why you think the situation should be any different.

      Generally as science advances we have answers to how the universe works. I can understand religion a thousand years ago, but today? Not really. And I understand the fanatics even less when they oppose scientific fact.