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The most dangerous thing about blind faith is that it can convince otherwise decent people to commit unimaginable atrocities while believing they’re doing God’s will. There is no belief so sacred that it should be beyond questioning.

Hemant Mehta@friendlyatheist.com

Paul Mackenzie told his followers they could meet Jesus through starvation. A Kenyan court has now found him and 28 associates guilty in the deaths of 191 people. 190 of them were children. www.friendlyatheist.com/p/kenyan-sta...

friendlyatheist.comKenyan starvation cult leader Paul Mackenzie convicted in deaths of 191 peopleThe verdict holds Paul Mackenzie and 28 associates responsible for deaths tied to a promise of meeting Jesus through fasting

20/10/26, 2:17 pm39 reposts143 likes

BorderCountess

@bordercountess.bsky.social

Without religion, good people would still be good and evil people would still be evil. But getting good people to do evil? That takes religion.

DrCrlsnPEJD

@drcrlsnpe.bsky.social

"With or without religion, good people can behave well and bad people can do evil; but for good people to do evil--that takes religion." —Steven Weinberg

physlink.comA Designer Universe?A Designer Universe?, by Steven Weinberg

3rdrei.bsky.social

@3rdrei.bsky.social

He looks like he was still doing lunch.

Refugee from a red state.

@oklahomacowboy.bsky.social

It’s sad that one human being can be convinced to do literally anything based on what another human says might be part of some supernatural story. You’d think humanity would have evolved enough to know not to make major life decisions based on fantasy…