We’re in the 21st century, and the vast majority of us still believe in an utterly and obviously fictional creator deity. Plenty of people, even in developed countries with decent educational systems, still believe in ghosts or magic (e.g. voodoo). And I–an atheist and a skeptic–am told I need to respect these patently false beliefs as cultural traditions.
Fuck that. They’re bad cultural traditions, undeserving of respect. Child-proofing society for these intellectually stunted people doesn’t help them; it is in fact a disservice to them to pretend it’s okay to go through life believing these things. We should demand that people contend with reality on a factual basis by the time they reach adulthood (even earlier, if I’m being completely honest). We shouldn’t be coddling people who profess beliefs that are demonstrably false, simply because their feelings might get hurt.
Unpopular Take:
Having superstition, religion and pseudo-science persisting and thriving in your society turns into systemic problems eventually. Including Genocide.
Why? Because it teaches people anti-empiricism, emotional “reasoning” and essentialising people. All these are the basis for every reactionary thought, conservative brainrot, religious extremism and eventually denying reality.
Studies back this up. Most of the alt-right are very religious, “skeptic” of science or inclined to mysticism. (Remember Ivermectin and Faith Healing? I do.) This shit even goes back to the OG Nazis in the Third Reich. They loved their mystical stuff and pseudo-science.
Why thing thinking pattern leads down the drain is very simple.There is no fundamental difference between between:
People cant be together because of their sign and
People cant be together because of their skin color
Both times the logic of this methode is the same. No truth, only vibes.
Why we should keep either is beyond me.
Agree, and I believe ideas like yours are more popular than you may think.
Its an unpopular take because people dont like it when you point out that their “healing crystals” might as well well be “sieg-heiling crystals”.
I’m mad that that business idea would probably be more successful than it should be.
The difference is, people cannot choose their skin color, but they can choose which ideas to follow.