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[-] Gladaed@feddit.de 15 points 2 years ago

Classic American perspective in the comments.

You know, a lot of regions have religions that aren't cults. Also tv mega churches are not common in the old world.

[-] toastus@feddit.de 16 points 2 years ago

I am European and haven't been to the US in over 15 years and I still firmly hold the believe that religion is cancer and every religion is a cult, especially the christian organizations both big and small.

And don't tell me I don't know what I am talking about.
I was raised catholic and probably know my way around the bible better than most christians.

Now what?

[-] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 years ago

According to the 2012 Global Religious Landscape survey by the Pew Research Center, 75.2% of the Europe residents are Christians, 18.2% are irreligious, atheist or agnostic, 5.9% are Muslims and 0.2% are Jews, 0.2% are Hindus, 0.2% are Buddhist, and 0.1% adhere to other religions.

That is quite the persecution complex you have there if you believe 80+% of the people in Europe are in a cult.

[-] toastus@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago

We're using fancy words now to seem smart?
Works better if you know what they mean.

And I don't have any problem believing that vast majorities of a population can fall to a cult.
I mean in the middle ages people didn't even have a choice about their religion and I hope you are not trying to tell me crusades and literal witch hunts are not cult behaviour.

[-] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago

We’re using fancy words now to seem smart? Works better if you know what they mean.

Okay:

Cancer
Cult

So now that we've gotten definitions out of the way, can we acknowledge what century we are in?

I mean in the middle ages people didn’t even have a choice about their religion and I hope you are not trying to tell me crusades and literal witch hunts are not cult behaviour.

At which point did I say 80% of Europeans are currently involved in Crusades or Literal Witch Hunts?

My point was currently, right now, 80% of the population believe in one religion or another. Support for left wing ideals, such as social programs and rights for LGBTQ+ far exceeds 20% of the population. The problem is not religion. The problem is hateful closed minded people who use religion as an excuse to be hateful and close minded.

[-] fl42v@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 years ago

What's the difference between cult and religion? That's basically how widespread it is.

[-] Gladaed@feddit.de 6 points 2 years ago

Opinion on outsiders and interaction with outsiders as well as intrusiveness into regular life.

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