Thread: Scrupulosity
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Old Sep 09, 2016, 12:55 AM
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I think I, too, may suffer from Scrupulosity, but in a very different way.

I am adamantly atheist -- yet I can't seem to "get over" religion. I mean it's everywhere these days, all over social media and the news. And it's so horrifying! I'm terrified of zealots who kill and die for their made-up fantasy. I'm afraid of extremists who murder non-believers and apostates in cold blood and actually expect to "go to heaven" for it. I'm scared of the "Jesus freaks," the raving evangelicals and fundamentalists who will spread the "good word" by force or coercion if necessary. I think that the most likely "end of the world" scenario involves religious fanatics getting their hands on weapons of mass destruction -- it's not implausible.

I'm kept up nights worrying about religion, wondering if and how we will ever get past it as a species, trying to figure out how I could possibly contribute to a secular world. Because the world nowadays is a cluster**** of religious nonsense, with so many people killing one another in the name of their imaginary friend. There's so much violence and bigotry and hatred, all done in the name of "god." And yet, despite a total lack of evidence, the majority of humanity still believes in religion, in a "god" or "spirituality" or whatever else! That seriously blows my mind. How can so many people be so misled? How can brainwashing and indoctrination go so far? Why am I in a hated and feared minority, as an atheist?

The world has gone crazy and I'm one of the few sane people left. And that's so sad and so terrifying all at once.
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