{"tag":"science","articles":{"blog\/mythology\/religion-isn-t-really-on-my-mind-anymore":{"key":"blog\/mythology\/religion-isn-t-really-on-my-mind-anymore","type":"article","published":true,"meta":{"createdAt":"2022-06-03T13:19:48+02:00","publishedAt":"2022-06-03T13:19:48+02:00","group":null,"category":"blog","subcategory":"mythology","slug":"religion-isn-t-really-on-my-mind-anymore"},"content":{"en":{"slug":"religion-isn-t-really-on-my-mind-anymore","title":"Religion isn\u0027t really on my mind anymore","intro":"\u003Cp\u003ERecently, I\u0027m getting approached online by people trying to pick a fight about religion\nand about how terrible I am for not being a fan (to put it mildly).\nWhich surprised me quite a bit, since I honestly don\u0027t remember the last time religion was even properly on my mind,\nlet alone having brought up this topic publicly.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Csvg xmlns=\u0022http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\u0022 style=\u0022display: none;\u0022\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E","content":"\u003Cp\u003ERecently, I\u0027m getting approached online by people trying to pick a fight about religion\nand about how terrible I am for not being a fan (to put it mildly).\nWhich surprised me quite a bit, since I honestly don\u0027t remember the last time religion was even properly on my mind,\nlet alone having brought up this topic publicly.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESure, it used to haunt me for years. I was brought up very religiously,\nI wasted tons of time in church, on prayers, and on trying to reconcile the scientific knowledge of the world\nwith the massively anti-scientific views presented to me as facts in church and school\n(yes, school, I had more religion lessons in school than biology or physics).\nReligion and the process of freeing my mind of religious thinking, used to be a huge part of my live.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EI\u0027ve spent years on researching other religions and non-religious points of view, making up my mind,\nreverting my conditioning; but now it\u0027s just\u2026 not there anymore.\nNow I can separate facts from mythology, I\u0027m happy to live in a secular country,\nI\u0027m not in touch with the birth family, I haven\u0027t been in a church for years, nor have I been proselytised to (much).\nBasically, the topic of religion became so \u003Cem\u003Eirrelevant\u003C\/em\u003E to me that I needed some internet users looking for a debate\nto remind me that it\u0027s a thing, and one that has shaped me so profoundly.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESo here\u0027s a thing: I\u0027m happier that way. Openly challenging religion and hearing the same old boring counterarguments\nover and over again was unbeliveably exhausting. And also quite pointless at this point.\nI\u0027ve already said all I wanted to say, I put in writing my reasoning, my anger, my experiences.\nI made sure I had heard everything that could possibly change my mind.\nAnd now I\u0027m basically done \ud83e\udd37\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBut\u2026 now that the strong emotions are gone it might be worth pointing out a few things, at least so that people stop bothering me:\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cul\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJust because I\u0027m not religious and explicitly anti-religion, doesn\u0027t mean I hate religious \u003Cem\u003Epeople\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E.\nI used to be very religious myself, after all \u2013 so I know perfectly well why do people fall for religion.\nIt\u0027s a very enticing scam \u2013 just like astrology, fortune-telling or homeopathy,\nexcept much bigger thanks to passing it on from generation to generation.\nBut speaking out against the scam and the scammers doesn\u0027t mean I hate its victims.\nInforming them about how the scam works and letting out my own frustration about having been scammed in the past\nisn\u0027t the same as hating them.\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EI\u0027m absolutely against religious people being persecuted, discriminated against, or having any less rights than anyone else\u003C\/strong\u003E.\nThere are, though, unearned privileges granted to churches in many countries that I\u0027m openly against:\ntax brakes, blasphemy laws, influence on politics, even automatic membership of bishops in the parliament, and more.\nMe saying \u201cthere\u0027s no reason for a church to get a tax break or a for bishop to be guaranteed a seat in the House of Lords\u201d\nisn\u0027t in any way comparable to homophobes calling me slurs, threatening physical violence,\nor legally preventing me from marrying the person I love.\nI get it, me attacking your religion \u003Cem\u003Efeels like\u003C\/em\u003E a personal attack on you \u2013 but it\u0027s not.\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EReligion isn\u0027t like queerness. It just isn\u0027t.\u003C\/strong\u003E\nI get comments like \u201cyou don\u0027t wanna be attacked for being queer, but you attack religious people?\u201d,\nand it\u0027s such a misplaced comparison. Religion is a belief system, an ideology, an opinion.\nIt\u0027s a subject of debate and criticism.\nTelling a gay person \u201chere are ten reasons why you should stop being gay\u201d would be as pointless\nas explaining to a black person why they should stop being black.\nHowever, persuading people to change their \u003Cem\u003Eopinions\u003C\/em\u003E, including religion, is a perfectly normal thing to do.\nReligious people do it all the time, trying to convert others to their faith!\nYes, it\u0027s possible to discriminate against someone based on their religion,\nand there have been plenty of religious wars and people suffering just because of what they believe in \u2013\nbut me saying \u201cI don\u0027t respect your beliefs, I actually consider them harmful\u201d is nowhere near any of that.\nMe simply saying \u201cI\u0027m not religious, and I believe the society would be better off if nobody was\u201d,\nand explaining why I believe so, is not discrimination.\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EYes, I do recognise the value of religion in the past, its influence on art, philosophy and even science.\u003C\/strong\u003E\nSure, I\u0027d argue that all of them would probably be perfectly fine, if not better, without the patronage of churches,\nsince the human need to express ourselves and to understand the world around us is universal,\nbut I have to set aside the what-ifs and admit that in the universe we \u003Cem\u003Edo\u003C\/em\u003E live in, the reality has been shaped by religion on a large scale.\nNot just that, I\u0027ll admit that in the past believing in a higher power was actually\u2026 a pretty reasonable thing to do \u2013\nin the absence of better explanations of the world, I\u0027d probably be religious too.\nBut that\u0027s the past. We now live in the world soooo massively different from how it looked like millenia, centuries or even decades ago.\nClinging to outdated belief systems that aren\u0027t compatible with our modern understanding of the universe \u2013\njust because it used to have value in the past \u2013 just doesn\u0027t sound like a good idea to me.\nWe can appreciate the past without still living in it.\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EYes, I do mean all religions.\u003C\/strong\u003E\nMy personal experience might have been euro- and catholicism-centric,\nbut it\u0027s not like I know nothing about other mythologies; I spent a lot of time in my teens getting acquainted with alternatives,\nfrom different branches of protestantism, to islam, buddhism, taoism or pantheism;\nI was clinging to the religious way of seeing the world while trying to escape the homophobia and dogmatism of catholicism.\nSure, religions are diverse. Some are more queerphobic, others less. Some are more internally consistent, others less.\nSome are more compatible with the scientific facts, others less. Some are more harmful and entitled, others less.\nBut in the big picture they\u0027re all saying the same thing:\n\u201cI claim to know how the world works based on something that ultimately can\u0027t be traced to anything other than some person making it up,\nI can\u0027t provide any convincing proof or evidence for my claims, but you must believe what I\u0027m saying and give me money, or be punished\u201d.\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMany people have tried to convince me over the years that I should believe this or that thing.\nAnd honestly, I\u0027m tired of listening to them.\nIf there\u0027s no evidence to what you\u0027re saying, I\u0027m not believing it, simple as that.\nI\u0027m not going to no hell, there\u0027s no samsara, and thunders aren\u0027t cast by Zeus.\nAnd I\u0027m justifiably angry for having been fed those lies in the past by people financially and politically profiting from it.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EEven though I know it wasn\u0027t my fault in any way, I still feel embarrassed and kinda sorry for having been religious.\nThe world would be so much nicer, if we collectively cared more for evidence and reason \u2013\nand I used to be a part of a system actively working against that goal.\nOh well, I did my part trying to counteract that. It was exhausting, and I\u0027m done.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ELike, I\u0027m still against religion, I\u0027m still gonna speak up against it if necessary,\nI\u0027m still gonna have an occasional chuckle at its expense \u2013\nbut having taken an hour to write down those afterthoughts above is basically the limit of\nhow much I\u0027m willing to let the topic of religion occupy my mind anymore.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFor me, life without religion is amazing \u2013 and that includes flame wars about religion.\nI\u0027m done. Please don\u0027t at me.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Csvg xmlns=\u0022http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\u0022 style=\u0022display: none;\u0022\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E","tags":["faith","religion","indoctrination","abuse","respect","santa claus","mythology","bigotry","atheism","science"],"hasMore":true,"image":null,"introLite":"\u003Cp\u003ERecently, I\u0027m getting approached online by people trying to pick a fight about religion\nand about how terrible I am for not being a fan (to put it mildly).\nWhich surprised me quite a bit, since I honestly don\u0027t remember the last time religion was even properly on my mind,\nlet alone having brought up this topic publicly.\u003C\/p\u003E","contentLite":"\u003Cp\u003ERecently, I\u0027m getting approached online by people trying to pick a fight about religion\nand about how terrible I am for not being a fan (to put it mildly).\nWhich surprised me quite a bit, since I honestly don\u0027t remember the last time religion was even properly on my mind,\nlet alone having brought up this topic publicly.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESure, it used to haunt me for years. I was brought up very religiously,\nI wasted tons of time in church, on prayers, and on trying to reconcile the scientific knowledge of the world\nwith the massively anti-scientific views presented to me as facts in church and school\n(yes, school, I had more religion lessons in school than biology or physics).\nReligion and the process of freeing my mind of religious thinking, used to be a huge part of my live.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EI\u0027ve spent years on researching other religions and non-religious points of view, making up my mind,\nreverting my conditioning; but now it\u0027s just\u2026 not there anymore.\nNow I can separate facts from mythology, I\u0027m happy to live in a secular country,\nI\u0027m not in touch with the birth family, I haven\u0027t been in a church for years, nor have I been proselytised to (much).\nBasically, the topic of religion became so \u003Cem\u003Eirrelevant\u003C\/em\u003E to me that I needed some internet users looking for a debate\nto remind me that it\u0027s a thing, and one that has shaped me so profoundly.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESo here\u0027s a thing: I\u0027m happier that way. Openly challenging religion and hearing the same old boring counterarguments\nover and over again was unbeliveably exhausting. And also quite pointless at this point.\nI\u0027ve already said all I wanted to say, I put in writing my reasoning, my anger, my experiences.\nI made sure I had heard everything that could possibly change my mind.\nAnd now I\u0027m basically done \ud83e\udd37\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBut\u2026 now that the strong emotions are gone it might be worth pointing out a few things, at least so that people stop bothering me:\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cul\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJust because I\u0027m not religious and explicitly anti-religion, doesn\u0027t mean I hate religious \u003Cem\u003Epeople\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E.\nI used to be very religious myself, after all \u2013 so I know perfectly well why do people fall for religion.\nIt\u0027s a very enticing scam \u2013 just like astrology, fortune-telling or homeopathy,\nexcept much bigger thanks to passing it on from generation to generation.\nBut speaking out against the scam and the scammers doesn\u0027t mean I hate its victims.\nInforming them about how the scam works and letting out my own frustration about having been scammed in the past\nisn\u0027t the same as hating them.\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EI\u0027m absolutely against religious people being persecuted, discriminated against, or having any less rights than anyone else\u003C\/strong\u003E.\nThere are, though, unearned privileges granted to churches in many countries that I\u0027m openly against:\ntax brakes, blasphemy laws, influence on politics, even automatic membership of bishops in the parliament, and more.\nMe saying \u201cthere\u0027s no reason for a church to get a tax break or a for bishop to be guaranteed a seat in the House of Lords\u201d\nisn\u0027t in any way comparable to homophobes calling me slurs, threatening physical violence,\nor legally preventing me from marrying the person I love.\nI get it, me attacking your religion \u003Cem\u003Efeels like\u003C\/em\u003E a personal attack on you \u2013 but it\u0027s not.\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EReligion isn\u0027t like queerness. It just isn\u0027t.\u003C\/strong\u003E\nI get comments like \u201cyou don\u0027t wanna be attacked for being queer, but you attack religious people?\u201d,\nand it\u0027s such a misplaced comparison. Religion is a belief system, an ideology, an opinion.\nIt\u0027s a subject of debate and criticism.\nTelling a gay person \u201chere are ten reasons why you should stop being gay\u201d would be as pointless\nas explaining to a black person why they should stop being black.\nHowever, persuading people to change their \u003Cem\u003Eopinions\u003C\/em\u003E, including religion, is a perfectly normal thing to do.\nReligious people do it all the time, trying to convert others to their faith!\nYes, it\u0027s possible to discriminate against someone based on their religion,\nand there have been plenty of religious wars and people suffering just because of what they believe in \u2013\nbut me saying \u201cI don\u0027t respect your beliefs, I actually consider them harmful\u201d is nowhere near any of that.\nMe simply saying \u201cI\u0027m not religious, and I believe the society would be better off if nobody was\u201d,\nand explaining why I believe so, is not discrimination.\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EYes, I do recognise the value of religion in the past, its influence on art, philosophy and even science.\u003C\/strong\u003E\nSure, I\u0027d argue that all of them would probably be perfectly fine, if not better, without the patronage of churches,\nsince the human need to express ourselves and to understand the world around us is universal,\nbut I have to set aside the what-ifs and admit that in the universe we \u003Cem\u003Edo\u003C\/em\u003E live in, the reality has been shaped by religion on a large scale.\nNot just that, I\u0027ll admit that in the past believing in a higher power was actually\u2026 a pretty reasonable thing to do \u2013\nin the absence of better explanations of the world, I\u0027d probably be religious too.\nBut that\u0027s the past. We now live in the world soooo massively different from how it looked like millenia, centuries or even decades ago.\nClinging to outdated belief systems that aren\u0027t compatible with our modern understanding of the universe \u2013\njust because it used to have value in the past \u2013 just doesn\u0027t sound like a good idea to me.\nWe can appreciate the past without still living in it.\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EYes, I do mean all religions.\u003C\/strong\u003E\nMy personal experience might have been euro- and catholicism-centric,\nbut it\u0027s not like I know nothing about other mythologies; I spent a lot of time in my teens getting acquainted with alternatives,\nfrom different branches of protestantism, to islam, buddhism, taoism or pantheism;\nI was clinging to the religious way of seeing the world while trying to escape the homophobia and dogmatism of catholicism.\nSure, religions are diverse. Some are more queerphobic, others less. Some are more internally consistent, others less.\nSome are more compatible with the scientific facts, others less. Some are more harmful and entitled, others less.\nBut in the big picture they\u0027re all saying the same thing:\n\u201cI claim to know how the world works based on something that ultimately can\u0027t be traced to anything other than some person making it up,\nI can\u0027t provide any convincing proof or evidence for my claims, but you must believe what I\u0027m saying and give me money, or be punished\u201d.\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMany people have tried to convince me over the years that I should believe this or that thing.\nAnd honestly, I\u0027m tired of listening to them.\nIf there\u0027s no evidence to what you\u0027re saying, I\u0027m not believing it, simple as that.\nI\u0027m not going to no hell, there\u0027s no samsara, and thunders aren\u0027t cast by Zeus.\nAnd I\u0027m justifiably angry for having been fed those lies in the past by people financially and politically profiting from it.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EEven though I know it wasn\u0027t my fault in any way, I still feel embarrassed and kinda sorry for having been religious.\nThe world would be so much nicer, if we collectively cared more for evidence and reason \u2013\nand I used to be a part of a system actively working against that goal.\nOh well, I did my part trying to counteract that. It was exhausting, and I\u0027m done.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ELike, I\u0027m still against religion, I\u0027m still gonna speak up against it if necessary,\nI\u0027m still gonna have an occasional chuckle at its expense \u2013\nbut having taken an hour to write down those afterthoughts above is basically the limit of\nhow much I\u0027m willing to let the topic of religion occupy my mind anymore.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFor me, life without religion is amazing \u2013 and that includes flame wars about religion.\nI\u0027m done. 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It might sound stupid for some (\u201cif you don\u2019t believe in god, why do you care so much about the nonexistent?\u201d), but it\u2019s a really important thing for me. Let me tell you why.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EI\u2019ve always been a curious kid. Asking thousands of questions about the world, reading popular science journals, being super diligent at school...\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMy greatest fear was not understanding things. I was honestly suffering psychologically and emotionally from not being able to wrap my head around some concepts. Having a \u003Cstrong\u003Emental mess\u003C\/strong\u003E in my head was just painful.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAnd there was one issue in particular that was bothering me \u2013 how did the world and humans \u003Cem\u003Eactually\u003C\/em\u003E come into being? At school I was taught about the big bang and about evolution, while at church I was told about a guy who \u003Cem\u003Ejust existed\u003C\/em\u003E and who took six days to \u003Cem\u003Esay things\u003C\/em\u003E and they just \u003Cem\u003Emagically\u003C\/em\u003E appeared. Two equally valid and reasonable hypotheses, right?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFor a reasonable adult, of course not! But for a ten-year-old who\u2019s been taught practically from birth to trust their parents and to believe whatever priests says? Who has learned to get on their knees and recite prayers earlier than learning to count? Who\u2019s been indoctrinated practically every day of their childhood?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EParents and catechists seemed not to notice \/ to actively ignore the obvious contradictions between their favourite book and what science \u003Cem\u003Eactually\u003C\/em\u003E knows about the universe. So I had to put my mind at rest by inventing a worldview that would somehow combine both of them: with a god who caused the big bang and then watched over the universe until the Earth formed, who created the first single-cell organism and then watched it evolve into humans... I swear, I\u2019ve never heard of \u201cInteligent Design\u201d at that age. I just went on with whatever made sense under the assumption that no one is \u003Cstrong\u003Elying to me\u003C\/strong\u003E. I didn\u2019t know that was an option.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThen came the teenage years and I can\u2019t even begin to describe what a horror it was to realise that I\u2019m a horny bitch. Not only I had sexual fantasies, not only did I masturbate and liked it, but I also started to think that I might be \u003Cstrong\u003Einto boys\u003C\/strong\u003E more than into girls.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ENow I know those are all amazing thing, but back then I was a good catholic boy. And to quote Stephen Fry:\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\u0022blockquote ml-4 pl-4 border-left\u0022\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIt\u2019s the strangest thing about this church \u2013 it is obsessed with sex, absolutely obsessed. Now, they will say we, with our permissive society and rude jokes, are obsessed. No. We have a healthy attitude. We like it, it\u2019s fun, it\u2019s jolly; because it\u2019s a primary impulse it can be dangerous and dark and difficult.\nIt\u2019s a bit like food in that respect, only even more exciting. The only people who are obsessed with food are anorexics and the morbidly obese, and that in erotic terms is the Catholic Church in a nutshell.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThere wasn\u2019t a week going by in which I wouldn\u2019t hear voices condemning \u201cimpure thoughts\u201d, masturbation, pornography or homosexuality... And the punishment for all of them was the eternal damnation in hell, worse than any suffering you can possibly think of. Can you imagine what damage being in this cult can do to a developing mind?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIf the Catholic Church gets you to really believe in their bullshit, you start \u003Cstrong\u003Ehating yourself\u003C\/strong\u003E. Everything you do is potentially a sin. You have to regularly go to a cult guru and tell them all the worst things about yourself. Seriously, what sadist came up with the whole confession thing?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGoing back to slightly more mundane things than psychological damage: religion can take up a lot of your \u003Cstrong\u003Etime\u003C\/strong\u003E. I didn\u2019t just go to a mass every Sunday. I was an altar boy, I was singing in a band, I was learning their bullshit at school, as if those were facts, I was going on pilgrimages, I was praying every day, I was spending a massive chunk of my time trying to reconcile my sexuality and morality with the \u201cmoral\u201d teachings of the Church... There\u2019s so many more useful things I could\u2019ve spent those hours and hours...\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOh damn, it was supposed to be just a short note, but it\u2019s already gotten quite long... And I didn\u2019t even start complaining about all the awful and pointless traditions, about facing the catholic homophobia from my own family, about all those matters who didn\u2019t affect me personally but are still shitty, like opposing women\u2019s rights, the Rwanda genocide, pedophilia, anti-condom campaigns, etc. etc.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EI know, I know, I\u2019ve been bitching about the Roman Catholicism, not religions in general, but the truth is, they all operate under a similar framework. It can be better (like Protestantism, being less dogmatic and less homophobic), it can be worse (like Islam, threatening death to apostates), but the underlying principle is the same: blind faith is more important than reason, and whatever rules we make up, you have to follow, or else...\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIt\u2019s abuse.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGetting out of my cult \u003Cstrong\u003Efelt like escaping a prison\u003C\/strong\u003E. It took me years to get there. But I\u2019m happy now. I\u2019m loving myself. I don\u2019t fear the afterlife. I don\u2019t waste my time on rectum-derived mythologies. I\u2019m not stuck in toxic family relations. I embrace and enjoy my sexuality. I follow the morality based on compassion and reason instead of arbitrary rules and fear of supernatural judgment. I\u2019m finally free to think for myself without worrying about dogmas and blasphemy.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EI enjoy my life.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESo yeah, that freedom is certainly worth being celebrated in a form of a little \u201cA\u201d on my shoulder.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Csvg xmlns=\u0022http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\u0022 style=\u0022display: none;\u0022\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E","tags":["atheism","childhood","curiosity","evolution","homosexuality","indoctrination","inteligent design","masturbation","religion","science"],"hasMore":true,"image":"https:\/\/avris.it\/image\/atheism-tattoo_small.jpg","introLite":"\u003Cfigure\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/avris.it\/image\/atheism-tattoo_big.jpg\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg src=\u0022https:\/\/avris.it\/image\/atheism-tattoo_mini.jpg\u0022 alt=\u0022\u0022 width=\u0022240\u0022 height=\u0022320.12139605463\u0022 loading=\u0022lazy\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/figure\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe very first thing I\u2019ve ever tattooed on my body is a symbol of atheism. It might sound stupid for some (\u201cif you don\u2019t believe in god, why do you care so much about the nonexistent?\u201d), but it\u2019s a really important thing for me. Let me tell you why.\u003C\/p\u003E","contentLite":"\u003Cfigure\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/avris.it\/image\/atheism-tattoo_big.jpg\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg src=\u0022https:\/\/avris.it\/image\/atheism-tattoo_mini.jpg\u0022 alt=\u0022\u0022 width=\u0022240\u0022 height=\u0022320.12139605463\u0022 loading=\u0022lazy\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/figure\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe very first thing I\u2019ve ever tattooed on my body is a symbol of atheism. It might sound stupid for some (\u201cif you don\u2019t believe in god, why do you care so much about the nonexistent?\u201d), but it\u2019s a really important thing for me. Let me tell you why.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EI\u2019ve always been a curious kid. Asking thousands of questions about the world, reading popular science journals, being super diligent at school...\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMy greatest fear was not understanding things. I was honestly suffering psychologically and emotionally from not being able to wrap my head around some concepts. Having a \u003Cstrong\u003Emental mess\u003C\/strong\u003E in my head was just painful.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAnd there was one issue in particular that was bothering me \u2013 how did the world and humans \u003Cem\u003Eactually\u003C\/em\u003E come into being? At school I was taught about the big bang and about evolution, while at church I was told about a guy who \u003Cem\u003Ejust existed\u003C\/em\u003E and who took six days to \u003Cem\u003Esay things\u003C\/em\u003E and they just \u003Cem\u003Emagically\u003C\/em\u003E appeared. Two equally valid and reasonable hypotheses, right?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFor a reasonable adult, of course not! But for a ten-year-old who\u2019s been taught practically from birth to trust their parents and to believe whatever priests says? Who has learned to get on their knees and recite prayers earlier than learning to count? Who\u2019s been indoctrinated practically every day of their childhood?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EParents and catechists seemed not to notice \/ to actively ignore the obvious contradictions between their favourite book and what science \u003Cem\u003Eactually\u003C\/em\u003E knows about the universe. So I had to put my mind at rest by inventing a worldview that would somehow combine both of them: with a god who caused the big bang and then watched over the universe until the Earth formed, who created the first single-cell organism and then watched it evolve into humans... I swear, I\u2019ve never heard of \u201cInteligent Design\u201d at that age. I just went on with whatever made sense under the assumption that no one is \u003Cstrong\u003Elying to me\u003C\/strong\u003E. I didn\u2019t know that was an option.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThen came the teenage years and I can\u2019t even begin to describe what a horror it was to realise that I\u2019m a horny bitch. Not only I had sexual fantasies, not only did I masturbate and liked it, but I also started to think that I might be \u003Cstrong\u003Einto boys\u003C\/strong\u003E more than into girls.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ENow I know those are all amazing thing, but back then I was a good catholic boy. And to quote Stephen Fry:\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIt\u2019s the strangest thing about this church \u2013 it is obsessed with sex, absolutely obsessed. Now, they will say we, with our permissive society and rude jokes, are obsessed. No. We have a healthy attitude. We like it, it\u2019s fun, it\u2019s jolly; because it\u2019s a primary impulse it can be dangerous and dark and difficult.\nIt\u2019s a bit like food in that respect, only even more exciting. The only people who are obsessed with food are anorexics and the morbidly obese, and that in erotic terms is the Catholic Church in a nutshell.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThere wasn\u2019t a week going by in which I wouldn\u2019t hear voices condemning \u201cimpure thoughts\u201d, masturbation, pornography or homosexuality... And the punishment for all of them was the eternal damnation in hell, worse than any suffering you can possibly think of. Can you imagine what damage being in this cult can do to a developing mind?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIf the Catholic Church gets you to really believe in their bullshit, you start \u003Cstrong\u003Ehating yourself\u003C\/strong\u003E. Everything you do is potentially a sin. You have to regularly go to a cult guru and tell them all the worst things about yourself. Seriously, what sadist came up with the whole confession thing?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGoing back to slightly more mundane things than psychological damage: religion can take up a lot of your \u003Cstrong\u003Etime\u003C\/strong\u003E. I didn\u2019t just go to a mass every Sunday. I was an altar boy, I was singing in a band, I was learning their bullshit at school, as if those were facts, I was going on pilgrimages, I was praying every day, I was spending a massive chunk of my time trying to reconcile my sexuality and morality with the \u201cmoral\u201d teachings of the Church... There\u2019s so many more useful things I could\u2019ve spent those hours and hours...\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOh damn, it was supposed to be just a short note, but it\u2019s already gotten quite long... And I didn\u2019t even start complaining about all the awful and pointless traditions, about facing the catholic homophobia from my own family, about all those matters who didn\u2019t affect me personally but are still shitty, like opposing women\u2019s rights, the Rwanda genocide, pedophilia, anti-condom campaigns, etc. etc.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EI know, I know, I\u2019ve been bitching about the Roman Catholicism, not religions in general, but the truth is, they all operate under a similar framework. It can be better (like Protestantism, being less dogmatic and less homophobic), it can be worse (like Islam, threatening death to apostates), but the underlying principle is the same: blind faith is more important than reason, and whatever rules we make up, you have to follow, or else...\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIt\u2019s abuse.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGetting out of my cult \u003Cstrong\u003Efelt like escaping a prison\u003C\/strong\u003E. It took me years to get there. But I\u2019m happy now. I\u2019m loving myself. I don\u2019t fear the afterlife. I don\u2019t waste my time on rectum-derived mythologies. I\u2019m not stuck in toxic family relations. I embrace and enjoy my sexuality. I follow the morality based on compassion and reason instead of arbitrary rules and fear of supernatural judgment. I\u2019m finally free to think for myself without worrying about dogmas and blasphemy.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EI enjoy my life.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESo yeah, that freedom is certainly worth being celebrated in a form of a little \u201cA\u201d on my shoulder.\u003C\/p\u003E","words":983,"readTime":4,"lang":"en"}}},"blog\/mythology\/schools-are-for-facts":{"key":"blog\/mythology\/schools-are-for-facts","type":"article","published":true,"meta":{"createdAt":"2018-02-09T09:39:00+01:00","publishedAt":"2018-02-09T09:27:00+01:00","group":null,"category":"blog","subcategory":"mythology","slug":"schools-are-for-facts"},"content":{"en":{"slug":"schools-are-for-facts","title":"You can teach bullshit in your churches, but schools are for facts.","intro":"\u003Cp\u003EThere\u2019s a reason we don\u2019t teach astrology, fortune-telling, horoscopes, telepathy or homeopathy at schools \u2013 they\u2019re bullshit, they are claims not supported by any credible evidence. Yet when it comes to religion, some countries are fine with teaching it in schools. What the fuck?\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Csvg xmlns=\u0022http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\u0022 style=\u0022display: none;\u0022\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E","content":"\u003Cp\u003EThere\u2019s a reason we don\u2019t teach astrology, fortune-telling, horoscopes, telepathy or homeopathy at schools \u2013 they\u2019re bullshit, they are claims not supported by any credible evidence. Yet when it comes to religion, some countries are fine with teaching it in schools. What the fuck?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOf course students should know about religions. The problem is presenting them as any other subject. They\u2019re not.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESchools should teach students \u003Cem\u003Eabout religions\u003C\/em\u003E, but they should not teach anyone \u003Cem\u003Ethe religion\u003C\/em\u003E. Just like they should mention homeopathy when discussing the placebo effect, or mention astrology when explaining the scientific method and what kinds of hogwash do not follow it. But those are not valid school subjects!\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDuring my whole education in Polish public schools I\u2019ve spent like 10 hours tops discussing the religions of the world during the geography classes (and to be fair, also during the catholic catechesis classes). In comparison \u2013 I\u2019ve wasted two hours each week for twelve years of education on getting indoctrinated with the catholic doctrine. It\u2019s insane!\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe rule should be simple \u2013 if there\u2019s evidence for it, it should be taught in schools. If there\u2019s not, but it\u2019s somehow relevant: culturally, as a point of reference, or in a different way \u2013 it should be mentioned with an explanation of its unscientific nature.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ELet\u2019s keep children educated \u2013 not indoctrinated.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Csvg xmlns=\u0022http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\u0022 style=\u0022display: none;\u0022\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E","tags":["bullshit","children","evidence","hogwash","indoctrination","religion","school","science","scientific method"],"hasMore":true,"image":null,"introLite":"\u003Cp\u003EThere\u2019s a reason we don\u2019t teach astrology, fortune-telling, horoscopes, telepathy or homeopathy at schools \u2013 they\u2019re bullshit, they are claims not supported by any credible evidence. Yet when it comes to religion, some countries are fine with teaching it in schools. What the fuck?\u003C\/p\u003E","contentLite":"\u003Cp\u003EThere\u2019s a reason we don\u2019t teach astrology, fortune-telling, horoscopes, telepathy or homeopathy at schools \u2013 they\u2019re bullshit, they are claims not supported by any credible evidence. Yet when it comes to religion, some countries are fine with teaching it in schools. What the fuck?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOf course students should know about religions. The problem is presenting them as any other subject. They\u2019re not.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESchools should teach students \u003Cem\u003Eabout religions\u003C\/em\u003E, but they should not teach anyone \u003Cem\u003Ethe religion\u003C\/em\u003E. Just like they should mention homeopathy when discussing the placebo effect, or mention astrology when explaining the scientific method and what kinds of hogwash do not follow it. But those are not valid school subjects!\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDuring my whole education in Polish public schools I\u2019ve spent like 10 hours tops discussing the religions of the world during the geography classes (and to be fair, also during the catholic catechesis classes). In comparison \u2013 I\u2019ve wasted two hours each week for twelve years of education on getting indoctrinated with the catholic doctrine. It\u2019s insane!\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe rule should be simple \u2013 if there\u2019s evidence for it, it should be taught in schools. 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Jednak w przypadku religii niekt\u00f3re kraje nie widz\u0105 problemu z nauczaniem ich w szko\u0142ach. 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Jednak w przypadku religii niekt\u00f3re kraje nie widz\u0105 problemu z nauczaniem ich w szko\u0142ach. What the fuck?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOczywi\u015bcie \u017ce uczniowie powinni wiedzie\u0107 o religiach. Problemem jest przedstawianie ich tak, jakby by\u0142y pe\u0142noprawnymi przedmiotami szkolnymi. Nie s\u0105.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESzko\u0142y powinny uczy\u0107 \u003Cem\u003Eo religiach\u003C\/em\u003E, a nie \u003Cem\u003Ereligii\u003C\/em\u003E. Tak samo jak powinny wspomina\u0107 o homeopatii podczas przerabiania efektu placebo, albo o astrologii podczas dyskutowania metody naukowej w kontek\u015bcie r\u00f3\u017cnorakich bredni, kt\u00f3re jej nie u\u017cywaj\u0105. Jednak te tematy nie s\u0105 pe\u0142noprawnymi przedmiotami szkolnymi!\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EPodczas ca\u0142ej mojej edukacji w polskich szko\u0142ach publicznych sp\u0119dzi\u0142em mo\u017ce z 10 godzin na poznawaniu religii \u015bwiata podczas lekcji geografii (i, trzeba przyzna\u0107, r\u00f3wnie\u017c podczas katechezy). Dla por\u00f3wnania \u2013 na indoktrynacj\u0119 katolick\u0105 zmarnowa\u0142em w tym czasie po dwie godziny ka\u017cdego tygodnia przez dwana\u015bcie lat. Szale\u0144stwo!\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EZasada powinna by\u0107 prosta \u2013 je\u015bli co\u015b jest udowodnione, ma swoje miejsce w szkole. Je\u015bli nie jest, ale z jakiego\u015b powodu ma znaczenie: czy kulturalne, czy jako punkt odniesienia dla prawdziwej nauki, czy z innego powodu \u2013 powinno by\u0107 w szkole wspomniane, z wyja\u015bnieniem jego nienaukowej (czy antynaukowej) natury.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ENiech dzieci b\u0119d\u0105 wyedukowane \u2013 nie zindoktrynowane.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Csvg xmlns=\u0022http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\u0022 style=\u0022display: none;\u0022\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E","tags":["bzdura","bzdury","fakty","indoktrynacja","katolicyzm","nauka","religia"],"hasMore":true,"image":"https:\/\/avris.it\/image\/katecheza_small.jpg","introLite":"\u003Cfigure\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/avris.it\/image\/katecheza_big.jpg\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg src=\u0022https:\/\/avris.it\/image\/katecheza_mini.jpg\u0022 alt=\u0022\u0022 width=\u0022240\u0022 height=\u0022153.84615384615\u0022 loading=\u0022lazy\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/figure\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EZ jakich\u015b powod\u00f3w nie uczymy astrologii, wr\u00f3\u017cbiarstwa, horoskop\u00f3w, telepatii czy homeopatii w szko\u0142ach \u2013 poniewa\u017c s\u0105 bzdurami, s\u0105 twierdzeniami niewspartymi przez \u017cadne wiarygodne dowody. 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Jednak w przypadku religii niekt\u00f3re kraje nie widz\u0105 problemu z nauczaniem ich w szko\u0142ach. What the fuck?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOczywi\u015bcie \u017ce uczniowie powinni wiedzie\u0107 o religiach. Problemem jest przedstawianie ich tak, jakby by\u0142y pe\u0142noprawnymi przedmiotami szkolnymi. Nie s\u0105.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESzko\u0142y powinny uczy\u0107 \u003Cem\u003Eo religiach\u003C\/em\u003E, a nie \u003Cem\u003Ereligii\u003C\/em\u003E. Tak samo jak powinny wspomina\u0107 o homeopatii podczas przerabiania efektu placebo, albo o astrologii podczas dyskutowania metody naukowej w kontek\u015bcie r\u00f3\u017cnorakich bredni, kt\u00f3re jej nie u\u017cywaj\u0105. Jednak te tematy nie s\u0105 pe\u0142noprawnymi przedmiotami szkolnymi!\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EPodczas ca\u0142ej mojej edukacji w polskich szko\u0142ach publicznych sp\u0119dzi\u0142em mo\u017ce z 10 godzin na poznawaniu religii \u015bwiata podczas lekcji geografii (i, trzeba przyzna\u0107, r\u00f3wnie\u017c podczas katechezy). Dla por\u00f3wnania \u2013 na indoktrynacj\u0119 katolick\u0105 zmarnowa\u0142em w tym czasie po dwie godziny ka\u017cdego tygodnia przez dwana\u015bcie lat. Szale\u0144stwo!\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EZasada powinna by\u0107 prosta \u2013 je\u015bli co\u015b jest udowodnione, ma swoje miejsce w szkole. Je\u015bli nie jest, ale z jakiego\u015b powodu ma znaczenie: czy kulturalne, czy jako punkt odniesienia dla prawdziwej nauki, czy z innego powodu \u2013 powinno by\u0107 w szkole wspomniane, z wyja\u015bnieniem jego nienaukowej (czy antynaukowej) natury.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ENiech dzieci b\u0119d\u0105 wyedukowane \u2013 nie zindoktrynowane.\u003C\/p\u003E","words":234,"readTime":null,"lang":"pl"}}}}}