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1. Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Tuesday, 27-Aug-2024 16:56:33 JST Aral Balkan

   I love how we inhabit a world where the majority of people live according to the dictates of a magic invisible sky fairy and yet feel competent to pass judgement on the mental wellbeing of others.

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Tuesday, 27-Aug-2024 17:37:05 JST Aral Balkan

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     • Vinnie (any)

     @greenWhale Oh, nothing in particular… just musing.

   • Vinnie (any) (greenwhale@dice.camp)'s status on Tuesday, 27-Aug-2024 17:37:06 JST Vinnie (any)

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     @aral what did I miss this time? 😱

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Tuesday, 27-Aug-2024 17:40:52 JST Aral Balkan

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     • Tim
     • MiniMia 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇵🇸

     @mindshoot @fkamiah17 Oh that’s awesome 🤣

   • Tim (mindshoot@mastodon.xyz)'s status on Tuesday, 27-Aug-2024 17:40:54 JST Tim

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     • MiniMia 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇵🇸

     @fkamiah17 @aral when I hear the name Copeland I cannot help but think of this fabulous video. I hadn’t appreciated the overlap between preaching and metal. https://youtu.be/0JPRvxTjfOk

   • MiniMia 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇵🇸 (fkamiah17@syzito.xyz)'s status on Tuesday, 27-Aug-2024 17:40:55 JST MiniMia 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇵🇸

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     @aral I noticed another one of the Evangelists (Copeland, I think) has bought himself an "essential" $36mn private jet with the "tithes" from his "congregation" 🙄

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Tuesday, 27-Aug-2024 22:46:23 JST Aral Balkan

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     • Andy in Indy

     @naptowncode Love and understanding don’t require religion, they require humanity.

     And I’m no more an atheist than I am an abatmanist. (I don’t define myself by the fact that I don’t believe that this storybook character or that is real.)

   • Andy in Indy (naptowncode@mastodon.online)'s status on Tuesday, 27-Aug-2024 22:46:24 JST Andy in Indy

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     @aral It’s really disappointing to get this periodic reminder that, no matter how good I ever get at following the tenets of love & understanding in my religion, atheists will just sneer and dismiss me with “magic sky fairy”.

   • she hacked you (ekis@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 27-Aug-2024 22:47:44 JST she hacked you

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     @aral I know the magic invisible sky fairy? I mean come on.

     Clearly the markets are all knowing, all seeing, all loving and will guide us to a promised land where we are all equal.

     I mean obvio most less equal than others

     But its the master, we can only obey

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Tuesday, 27-Aug-2024 22:47:44 JST Aral Balkan

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     • she hacked you

     @ekis Indeed, religions come in many shapes and forms.

   • Andy in Indy (naptowncode@mastodon.online)'s status on Tuesday, 27-Aug-2024 23:41:08 JST Andy in Indy

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     @aral I never said religion is required to be a good person. I’m just annoyed that I can live up to your stated ideas of a good person and still be an object of your contempt.

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Tuesday, 27-Aug-2024 23:41:08 JST Aral Balkan

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     • Andy in Indy

     @naptowncode I never said it’s impossible to be a good person despite religion. It just takes a lot of work to creatively reinterpret/ignore/reject all the horrible bits.