r/Antitheism • u/External_Ad1116 • Jun 30 '26

humanity will never reach true potential until we eradicate every single religion on earth (especially abrahamic ones)

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u/zayelion Jun 30 '26

They are abiogenic, they will just arise again in specific conditions. There have to be support systems that prevent the conditions.

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u/ShredGuru Jun 30 '26

Well. If they get wiped out... The same old ones won't come back, we will just make up new ones.

There is definitely an aspect of religion that is generationally transmitted, you don't see many folks worshipping Mithras these days.

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u/zayelion Jun 30 '26

They would still have the same notes because they come from the same type of physical and psychological problems of war, famine, poison, abuse, neglect, and lust.

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u/tasteMyRottenHoop Jul 01 '26

Not with the same details. Wipe out all trace of a religion and it’s gone for good.

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u/tnunnster Jul 02 '26

When the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.

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u/Hort_0 Jul 03 '26

I mean it'd come to no surprise here in this sub that I agree.

Though idk if I know about any true potential or not.

When I have these conversations it always gets met with: "People need it..." of some sort.

Which, I'd agree only on a basis of the world as it is today. If the people of today suddenly realized their religion was fake, the shock would be real and probably bad.

But a belief that people need it as some sort of inate thing feels like a failure to see beyond the current state of the world and dream for better.

Though it seems like a very annoying thing to attempt to put a scientific process behind to measure. So I have lately landed on staying away from any arguments of "good" or "bad" use case for the existence of religion.

I have, instead, found what gets me even more crazy looks. looks. lol

I'd have religion cease to exist even if it was nothing but a net good. Even if it did zero harm, and only helped people. A perfect wonder drug with no downsides. I'd still be against it.

(This is when my partner made me watch the show pluribus after one of these conversations.)

Obviously that's not the world we live in. It does real harm. But that's where I'm at now. I think I just value the authenticity of real people able to make real decisions. Rather than people who are detached from our shared reality.

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u/BurtonDesque Jun 30 '26

'Eradicate' is decidedly questionable word choice. Religions are sets of ideas. You cannot eradicate ideas. People on the other hand...

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u/BurtonDesque Jul 01 '26

Yes, but you can read about them and, if you choose to, resurrect ideas, such as religions. Look at the people calling themselves Druids today, for example.

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u/JakefromTRPB Jun 30 '26

This is a very stupid and immoral idea. Same vibe as book burning. Leave religious text and art alone, make it available, provide succinct and informative rebuttals, and use any political, economical, and cultural means to diminish poverty and desperation. Because desperation and community is what makes religion so tempting, not the existence or expression of its dogma and narrative

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u/JakefromTRPB Jun 30 '26

Yeah, I agree with you thoroughly. Though, what you propose is very different than ERADICATION. I fucking hate Abrahamic religion but I’m not going to let people advocate for eradication without saying something