Whose responsibility is it to protect unhoused when it’s freezing outside? An Ohio pastor opened his church to the homeless and was charged by city.

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    As much as I despise religion, the problems of our country are not caused by religion. They are caused by conservatives.

    Usually those conservatives are religious and wield their religion as a weapon, but the core problem has always been conservatives.

    When a religious person is not conservative, their non-conservative behavior is punished by the conservatives.

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      10 months ago

      While this is true, religion goes a long way in priming people to believe in total BS without questioning it or using critical thinking.

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        This. By weaving their politics directly into religion, they get to benefit from the inherent suspension of disbelief that religion requires. No amount of proof or evidence will sway a conservative because the blind faith that all proof and evidence is fake is the key point of conservatism.

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      I understand where you’re coming from, but it’s not an either-or situation. Many conservatives hide behind religion to do heinous things. But there are plenty of religious people who don’t fall into this “conservative” definition and do heinous things as well.