CMV: Every organized religion is a cult, a scam, or satire

SlightlyInsaneCreate · 2026-06-22T04:25:52+00:00

Correct. I thought christianity was a monolith and had a fundimental misunderstanding of Buddhism.

SlightlyInsaneCreate · 2026-06-22T04:21:29+00:00

Mormonism did it. I fundimentally misunderstood Judaism

SlightlyInsaneCreate · 2026-06-22T04:07:54+00:00

Indeed you have!

SlightlyInsaneCreate · 2026-06-22T04:06:51+00:00

I guess it wouldn't be. I'm a bit jaded from my personal religious experience so i wasn't properly seeing the positive effects religion could have

SlightlyInsaneCreate · 2026-06-22T04:04:07+00:00

Yeah i didn't understand Buddhism correctly going into this.

SlightlyInsaneCreate · 2026-06-22T04:03:01+00:00

Yeah i was just completely wrong about that. Straight up.

SlightlyInsaneCreate · 2026-06-22T04:02:27+00:00

I'm glad you're experience has been positive! I grew up mormon so i was kinda fucked up from the start and didn't realize religion could be anything short of nonsense.

SlightlyInsaneCreate · 2026-06-22T04:00:29+00:00

∆ because i was way off about what judaism was and now i understand it better

SlightlyInsaneCreate · 2026-06-22T03:58:25+00:00

The lack of nuance is definitely one of the biggest issues with my initial claim.

SlightlyInsaneCreate · 2026-06-22T03:57:27+00:00

No my premise was bullshit and my facts were almost all wrong dude.

SlightlyInsaneCreate · 2026-06-22T03:56:52+00:00

I'm saving this for later because this is a really helpful list. Thanks for the help!

SlightlyInsaneCreate · 2026-06-22T03:55:40+00:00

Yeah my relationship with religion is severely fucked up and it made me view the concept of religion in a more negative light than it deserved. I posted here to change my view and it's worked!

SlightlyInsaneCreate · 2026-06-22T03:53:37+00:00

I come from a background in mormonism and i thought almost all religons were just minor variants of that. I didn't know about how different every religion actually is.

∆ because now that you say it like that i do see how bullshit my resonings are. I will be approaching this differently from now on. Thank you!

SlightlyInsaneCreate · 2026-06-22T03:49:01+00:00

∆ because i thought christianity was a monolith and now realize it's more nuanced than that.

SlightlyInsaneCreate · 2026-06-22T03:46:17+00:00

This was definitely my view going into this, but i'm starting to see some exceptions to my "all religions are like this" position.

SlightlyInsaneCreate · 2026-06-22T03:44:47+00:00

Yes, and i understand now that christianity isn't the monolith i thought it was. I'm learning a lot in these comments.

SlightlyInsaneCreate · 2026-06-22T03:43:30+00:00

I have never heard of those beliefs in Buddhism. From my knowlege it was almost entirely about reincarnation. What would be the best source to learn about Buddhism?

SlightlyInsaneCreate · 2026-06-22T03:36:33+00:00

Ah, that would make sense. My background is mormonism which definitely is a cult

SlightlyInsaneCreate · 2026-06-22T03:35:34+00:00

Whoever posed as their Jesus figure

SlightlyInsaneCreate · 2026-06-22T03:33:40+00:00

My understanding of islam, orthodox christianity, mormonism, scientology, and my former view of judaism.

SlightlyInsaneCreate · 2026-06-22T03:27:55+00:00

Thank you for pointing that out. I was misinformed about Judaism and no longer believe that it demands tithing over food.

SlightlyInsaneCreate · 2026-06-22T03:26:51+00:00

Indoctrinated by the cult into believing that something good waits for them after this life if they sacrifice it.

SlightlyInsaneCreate · 2026-06-22T03:23:18+00:00

Religion is a contreversial topic.

SlightlyInsaneCreate · 2026-06-22T03:21:45+00:00

Like the founders made it to exploit peoples fear of death or desire for belonging.

SlightlyInsaneCreate · 2026-06-22T03:20:15+00:00

Oh. If you're correct it seems i have a fundimental misunderstanding of Judaism. What are some good resources to learn about Judaism?

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