But since my mom used to do it when i was really young, i feel like i have an emotional disconnect from the trauma when faced with it again

That sounds about right I don’t even remember it tbh

@chonkyfire well in her case what she can do is talk to a foreigner, someone who's far from home, you can talk to me and tell you how it feels but it won't be the same

When I was an atheist, I felt as though the Religious were stupid or mentally ill. Now that I've become religious, I view atheists as Blind.

Just know I was baptized somewhere and it has no meaning to me

I can respect every religion, they tend to bring moral fiber bar Catholicism and "Buddhism"

Religion is a great way to hold a community together

I like being blind

Atheists, I'm dodgy about

they're missing something

But I don’t even relate to atheism

Because the individuals in this community are working together towards a greater good

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As humans should

Hmm

Some may interpret their religion as metaphors for something unexplainable, others may take it at face value but they have common interest

And that's the betterment of society

Yes

Growth

Forget the rules

I view religion as a form of Cultural Morality Play

It's really quite beautiful

If you know what a Morality Play was from back in the times

It comes down to helping others

It was a Play encoded with morals, designed to teach a lesson.

Helping others by helping yourself

In the same way, religious myths do the same

the hymns

the art

Absolutely

it all conveys these morals and ideas that they wish to bring outward

In the end everyone sins

Yeah, no one disagrees

I believe sins are just problems we exist to solve

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Politics should be a religion

Politics is the new religion

Haha

^

It's true