Simp all you want.

You’ll also be shivering in the streets before long.

More than one thing can contribute.

Zuko from Avatar. Just… jet fuel for teenage me.

Relative to the US average. But the US is a very deeply religious nation compared to other developed nations.

That’s the thing. It’s not enough that they’re free to follow their religion, they need to force everyone else to follow it too.

Which part of status quo did he oppose? Personal wealth, yes, but that tends to be a common cult leader position. That followers should give everything to the cause.

Other than that Jesus commanded to render unto ceaser what belongs to ceaser.

Matthew 25:41

“Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels."

It’s part of a parable, but if we disregard parables then “jesus’ teachings” becomes a small pamphlet.

But I’d be keen to hear where jesus advocated for abolishing human hierarchy. Nothing comes to mind immediately outside Paul’s letters.

Hey man, maybe re-read my comment. It’s not long.

I never said a single tool causes issues. I said abandoning existing tools to only use the new thing is a problem.

See people who want to only use the newest frameworks, to the point of re-building projects when they come out.

See people who fixate on a single design pattern and insist on using it in every application.

Jesus was an authoritarian. He believed there should be one being with ultimate power and control who everyone else should obey unquestioningly.

He believed that this being was better than every living person. That any person who disobeyed the ruler should be tortured. That we are only alive, only well, only happy, if the ruler permits it.

Not using the nonsense machine doesn’t mean we have to abandon the whole rest of the toolbox.

Jumping on the new shiny thing and relying on it over all the other tried and tested tools is the core re-occuring mistake in development.

I loved the first fantasy life. It was such a fantastic game for class mechanic junkies.

Never ended up finishing it though.

So what, no one would be allowed to teach others about their religion?

That’s a level of control i don’t think any organisation or government should have.

Banning religion full stop is wrong and won’t stop belief.

However, religion should not have any special protections that other groups do not get.

Religion should not exclude people from mandatory childhood vaccines, religion should not be a mitigating factor in vilification or defamation cases etc.

Huge fan of Princess Mononoke.

Not sure what exactly it is, but the characters and setting have just stuck with me since the first time I saw it.