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1. ay (ayy@gs.smuglo.li)'s status on Friday, 20-Oct-2017 00:45:34 EDT ay
   @dt @deadsuperhero The opposite of holiness is ridicule, so if you want to protect religion, ridicule must be banned.
   1. INACTIVE (deadsuperhero@social.nasqueron.org)'s status on Friday, 20-Oct-2017 00:52:09 EDT INACTIVE

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      @ayy @dt

      Sort of useful, for some people, for some reasons. Not everyone has to have one, but I think it provides a lot of comfort and some useful philosophical insight for some people. It's vague and both broadly and literally interpreted.

      Personally, I'm looking for answers in religion because being agnostic is boring and Unitarianism is an empty approximation of what I'm looking for. Too relativistic.

      1. INACTIVE (deadsuperhero@social.nasqueron.org)'s status on Friday, 20-Oct-2017 01:05:41 EDT INACTIVE

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         @dt @ayy

         Religion, I think, is mostly a stepping stone for putting human organization into place. Linguistic nuance and the resulting problems and paradoxes are part of the social fabric of its followers.

         Catholicism is particularly interesting because of its high level of organization - for most of our calendar, it has been a dominant cultural force.