return2ozma@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 year agoWhy in the year 2024 and with all the knowledge humans have now do people still believe in religion?message-squaremessage-square286fedilinkarrow-up1498arrow-down1123
arrow-up1375arrow-down1message-squareWhy in the year 2024 and with all the knowledge humans have now do people still believe in religion?return2ozma@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square286fedilink
minus-squarepixeltree@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year agoFeelings are a powerful force. It makes people feel good, why would they stop?
minus-squareSelfHigh5@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoAs a former Catholic, I can say at least personally, religion did not make me feel good. It made me feel like many thoughts and feelings I had made me a bad person. It made me smug and judgemental.
minus-squarepixeltree@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoYeah, but clearly it does make a lot of people feel good
Feelings are a powerful force. It makes people feel good, why would they stop?
As a former Catholic, I can say at least personally, religion did not make me feel good. It made me feel like many thoughts and feelings I had made me a bad person. It made me smug and judgemental.
Yeah, but clearly it does make a lot of people feel good