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If you do, why do you believe in God? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 5 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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As simple as possible to summarize the best way you can, first, please. Feel free to expand after, or just say whatever you want lol. Honest question.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Because religion can be and has been used to convince people to do terrible things. The fewer false beliefs people hold the fewer things can be used to manipulate them in this way.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

water can and has drowned people. i fail to see your point.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yes, and that's why we don't allow people to flood school, hospitals and homes with water. It is controlled and diverted.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

we also don’t refuse to allow people to have small amounts of it accessible to them at all times or call it absolutely bad outright just because when used in a malicious way or left to be uncontrollable in particular situations it can be dangerous. shrug.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 hours ago

That's because water is necessary to life.

When doing risk analysis something that is required to keep people alive gets a few extra points towards being accessible for, hopefully, obvious reasons.

If even something that is necessary for life is controlled due to the danger it poses, you can imagine why people would seek to restrict dangerous things that people can live without.