Ask Americans what their religion is, and nearly 1 in 3 say this -- none. That’s according to the U.S. adults surveyed by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.

Mike Dulak grew up Catholic in Southern California, but by his teen years, he began skipping Mass and driving straight to the shore to play guitar, watch the waves and enjoy the beauty of the morning. “And it felt more spiritual than any time I set foot in a church,” he recalled.

Nothing has changed that view in the ensuing decades.

“Most religions are there to control people and get money from them,” said Dulak, now 76, of Rocheport, Missouri. He also cited sex abuse scandals in Catholic and Southern Baptist churches. “I can’t buy into that,” he said.

  • Rivalarrival@lemmy.today
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    9 months ago

    hateful nonsense

    Rejected, with my previous arguments. Strawman, gaslighting, ad hominem.

    Nothing else you have said furthers the discussion.

    • sanpedropeddler@sh.itjust.works
      1·
      9 months ago

      The discussion is apparently over now because you won’t continue it. But that doesn’t stop you from naming fallacies at me I guess.

      We’ve had quite a long conversation, and you have yet to provide a half decent argument for your distrust of religious people. Therefore, hateful nonsense. I can’t misrepresent your argument when I’m not even actually representing it. I’m just describing what I think it essentially boils down to. Its hateful nonsense.

      Again, correcting you is not gaslighting. You are literally just wrong.

      I did not personally attack you. I have worded things in passive aggressive ways throughout this conversation, but that’s about it. If you are referring specifically to the “hateful nonsense” part, that’s again just a description of your belief.

      Are you actually done now? Or will you keep saying random words hoping something works.