#this was in response to something like “you need a consistent materialist ideological framework to truly understand the world”

[giantalienspidussy]

Growing up, I was dragged to Lutheran church by my mother. I have since left and have been actively deconstructing for years at this point, but having grown up in it, I can say with authority: it makes no fucking sense. The book contradicts itself so much it's like you can pull just about any message you want from it, even in the comparatively small section that Lutherans focus on. Any contradictions are explained away in thought terminating cliches, and upon any real examination it all falls apart. But, even that is explained away as "not believing hard enough". It's so bad that the arguments I have with my mom about politics and religion always leave me speechless - not because I can't argue back, but because the shit that is said is *so* wrong that it's hard to find where to start, and when I *do* try, it's like arguing with a brick wall. One that attributes just about everything to their sky blorbo.