• Bloomcole@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    There is no god,( a fact even more than a 3rd of americans would disagree with) but if the magic man would exist and after all this time decided to finally do some good, placing this clown at the head of the most destructive country on the planet would be a good move.

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    6 hours ago

    I mean for a religious person everything should be god’s plan, right?

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      That is logical. Practically, though, this is used for justification of selected events. If a person confronts with something he doesn’t like, e. g. bugs in his home, he will actively try to change it.

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        Doesn’t mean they have to be passive. They could say God did this to provoke me to do something against this.

        I mean it’s similar to the question why god allows all this suffering and evil in the world. I think the common answer is to test us and to give us the opportunity to do good or something like that.

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          That is convenient. This way you can explain anything you like. I think, Sam Harris said “it’s like playing table tennis without a net”.

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    Unironically, those people shouldn’t get to vote. If it’s all a part of gods plan then they should let Jesus take the wheel with the votes too.

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    Given that only 25% of US citizens accept evolution theory as truth, I’m not surprised.

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      Unfun fact! Carter tried to establish community mental health care centers across America, but Reagan immediately undid it.

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        Same thing for solar panels. When carter left, he installed the first solar panel on the white house and said ‘this will either mark a new beginning or a path untaken’. Reagan took it down.

        Now China is kicking everyone’s ass in solar panels. And Trump hates renewables so much that he wants to shut down a windfarm in New England that is almost finished, had already cost a lot of money, would employ thousands, and provide a fuckload of cheap electricity to a lot of people.

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      I’ve heard that some people believe trump is indeed god’s plan, to bring an end to the US

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        Unhappy, simple-minded people cling to prophecy of change, children’s fairy tales of a day when everything will be better and some paternal figure will protect them and give them all the presents they ever wanted.

        It’s not a coincidence that education and exposure to diverse cultures and beliefs tends to make for a less religious population and why religion is shrinking in larger cities and more connected locations around the world.

        The problem is that these people are basically armed serfs, in indentured servitude to their ideological leaders, they are pure political capital if you can harness them and holy shit have we seen that plan bear fruit.