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Originally Posted by Textcritic
Well, that is rather broad and callous. Especially since so much of Western religion actually survives on the continuous reinforcement of shame. While I was a Christian most of my own behaviour was governed by shame, and overcoming it was absolutely key in reforming my own thinking with regards to religion.
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I don't think it's anymore callous than Christians blithely accepting and even celebrating their expected ascension to heaven and the rest of humanity's decent into hell. To worship a god that would allow the majority of people to burn for eternity in hell is as callous and evil as it gets. I understand for those indoctrinated from a young age how that could be "just the way it is," but it's still a brutal and uncaring ideology that never ceases to both amaze me and piss me off.