I know this is meant to be a casual conversation and this topic can get deep fast, but I’d love to hear everyone’s elevator pitch for their religion or lack thereof. peace and love<3

  • Griffus@lemmy.zip
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    5 hours ago

    There has been written a lot of fantasy the last 3000 years, but I prefer the more recent ones.

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      4 hours ago

      Honestly, the fiction that exists today has the capability of teaching incredibly valuable lessons with thousands of years of progress incorporated into it. I often find myself feeling all the warm and fuzzies when a fiction book of today touches important ethics amidst a simple sci-fi or fantasy story. 💜

      There are certainly some good things to learn from ancient morality, like the Golden Rule, but it really cannot beat modern ethics. Many philosophies of long ago are still potent today, but many more (should) have become deprecated with the advent of modern science and ethics.

      This is kind of why I’ve been gravitating towards Humanism. It’s much of the goodness of religion, but without God.