▲ 651 ▼ As folks freeze to death in Milwaukee, Ohio pastor charged for offering shelter (www.jsonline.com) submitted 2 years ago by stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to c/news@lemmy.world 110 comments fedilink hide all child comments Whose responsibility is it to protect unhoused when it's freezing outside? An Ohio pastor opened his church to the homeless and was charged by city.
[–] kromem@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago (2 children) While this is true, religion goes a long way in priming people to believe in total BS without questioning it or using critical thinking. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Facebones@reddthat.com 6 points 2 years ago This. By weaving their politics directly into religion, they get to benefit from the inherent suspension of disbelief that religion requires. No amount of proof or evidence will sway a conservative because the blind faith that all proof and evidence is fake is the key point of conservatism. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago Not really it's mostly the "news" poisoning people. In this case Fox "news". Our Chinese friends aren't much into religion and they don't seem to have much issue buying into the same propaganda. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Facebones@reddthat.com 6 points 2 years ago This. By weaving their politics directly into religion, they get to benefit from the inherent suspension of disbelief that religion requires. No amount of proof or evidence will sway a conservative because the blind faith that all proof and evidence is fake is the key point of conservatism. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago Not really it's mostly the "news" poisoning people. In this case Fox "news". Our Chinese friends aren't much into religion and they don't seem to have much issue buying into the same propaganda. permalink fedilink source parent