Thread by @GZzyzyx

@SeanathanCory @walden4pa53 @HoLichette @backtothewind0 @BernieSanders I love #ChristianMythology,
it has many beautiful parts.
But like the people who wrote it,
it is full of cruel & evil things.

Goodness was in the world long before any middle eastern men wrote the bible. Some #mythos worship knowledge instead of demonizing it.

@SeanathanCory @walden4pa53 @HoLichette @backtothewind0 @BernieSanders One red flag for me as a little girl growing up w bible study was the way they dealt with questions. Why did they assume a deity crushed up a gold statue to poison water that made the whole town sick for revenge. Doesn’t a pathogen
make more sense?
They didn’t understand germs🤷🏻‍♀️

@SeanathanCory @walden4pa53 @HoLichette @backtothewind0 @BernieSanders Surely SOMEONE in the town must have proposed the idea that there must be another explanation.
Theres always several possible questions to rule out before defaulting to magic.

Or how about the burning bush?
If it really happened,
what else could have lit it ablaze?
#Zeus

@SeanathanCory @walden4pa53 @HoLichette @backtothewind0 @BernieSanders From a culture that didn’t know what electricity was, couldn’t it also be true that a confused man saw lightning set a bush on fire?
That happens ALL THE TIME.
And we know how it happens.
They didn’t then, tho.
Or he could have been hallucinating.
Lots of explanations.

@SeanathanCory @walden4pa53 @HoLichette @backtothewind0 @BernieSanders Every bible story was like that.
After a while I was like,
‘how do we know any
of this is even real?’
And they explained the concept of #faith. The mindless following of an idea that lacks any supportive evidence. Thats NOT a good thing.
Thats how people make mistakes!

@SeanathanCory @walden4pa53 @HoLichette @backtothewind0 @BernieSanders And THEN as I became a teenager I began to notice all the #sexism and #slavery and the #history element suddenly made sense. Old men from the middle east 2000 years ago wrote about topics they understood. Like all authors, they told stories and made decrees, and shared opinions.

@SeanathanCory @walden4pa53 @HoLichette @backtothewind0 @BernieSanders Every religious text is like that.
A historical fiction written by people who knew less about the world than modern elementary school kids.

So why is anybody listening that?
Especially when its so harmful to people. #Mythos have become a form of #otherism, petty allegiances.

@SeanathanCory @walden4pa53 @HoLichette @backtothewind0 @BernieSanders We are the same you & I.
Nobody is better than anybody else.
Don’t let confused ancients tell you otherwise. Lets ditch harmful habits & instead try to help each other out. There is no evidence you get to live twice. Quite the opposite.
You are going to die.
Make life count.

@SeanathanCory @walden4pa53 @HoLichette @backtothewind0 @BernieSanders @threadreaderapp unroll and send back in time to my 12 year old self, who wasted a phone call w my first boyfriend from bible study who told me I would be vomiting and shaking after demon possession and he’d hold and kiss me, and I thought that was love🤮#kids #ReligiousFreedom