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Does anyone else feel irritated when deeply religious people connect everything with god? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 week ago by TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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For example, you put yourself through university by studying hard and working full time. Then someone says, you should thank god for giving you the strength. Like wtf do you mean, I busted my ass day in and day out but I'm supposed to thank god for it?

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[–] Bristlecone@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

So fucking irritated my dude. I know in their minds they're doing it out of a sense of trying to help other souls to find the correct path, in theory. But when you look at it from a secular point of view it literally just feels like them asserting their worldview constantly in the most smug possible way, like get fucked fr. Humans just don't know how to stop themselves from convincing everyone around them of whatever fairytale horse shit they desperately need for themselves to not fear death. I don't mind them believing whatever the hell they want, I just wish they would shut their ass about it. If it's the truth thing everyone on Earth has the same access to it and I don't need somebody constantly reminding me that what's true is true. Things that are true don't need to be constantly repeated

[+] Kynsey@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

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[–] Bristlecone@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I do appreciate your lofty conveyance of these concepts and your insight on historical context. I suppose I just tend to put sociopathy on all strangers these days. I'm not necessarily saying it's like an imperative to spread their religion, more like people generally tend to not mature or grow in their lives, but rather to justify their own behavior to themselves instead. It's relatively common, because of this, that people are subconsciously using religion to justify their own antisocial behaviors instead of improving themselves. And that inherent narcissism is the actual reason people will inject religion into every conversation and try and push it on to those around them. Maybe I'm cynical, though, and applying my anecdotal experience to more of the population than it actually fits with