Ah, okay. I misunderstood you because you used the word cult in a very sweeping way right after I said it was a slur. I understand you now.

I would make the contention that at least one religion exists and has evidence: The worship of money. Money isn’t real, it’s a social construct given power and made part of our reality by our belief in it. It’s mystical. Many people spend their entire lives worshipping it. They want it, they venerate it, and they seek wisdom from the people who have it. The worship of money is misguided, and unwise, and it fundamentally mistakes the point of life. But it is evidence-based. People worship money because they see its material power over the world and respect it as the giver of life, love, and happiness. That sounds like a religion to me, and there’s no empirical proof which can dismiss these claims about money that are the core belief system of Mammon.

Well, a lot of us are grateful that you eventually shut it down. Thank you.

A cult is any small religion. Often pagan religions, the remnants of genocided indigenous religions, and many religions descended from the golden dawn. Oh, and it’s also that thing Jesus had up until Rome declared it their state religion. And personally, I like the religion of Jesus a lot more than Post Roman Christianity.

If we’re talking about abusive religions, there’s absolutely no difference between one rapist’s religion and an international religious organisation of rape apologism like the Church. There’s no reason you need a different word to describe the two. They’re both abusive religions.

And here we have an example of an atheist picking up a weapon made by Christians to persecute indigenous and pagan religions… and using it to persecute indigenous and pagan religions but also big ones too. And that’s what many people consider to be social progress.

That’s a pretty good intention. If taking bioessentialist slogans out of the feminist movement is your definition of trolling, then I’m very confused.

They won’t let you call plant milk milk.

They aren’t knowledgeable at all. They won’t even let you call milk milk.

You mean alleged abusive religion leader bad. Cult in the definition you’re currently using is a slur created by Christians to push the narrative that small religions are inherently abusive. Cult didn’t mean abuse before the Satanic Panic.

So in other words, you have no proof about what consumers actually want except for the words of governments and idle speculation.

There were people asking to take over the sub months ago but the admins said no. Also a lot of drama over the transphobic name. I got pulled into the whole issue by a Blahaj user and saw a couple posts about it. I might PM that person and tell them about this.

Just looking at the sheer volume of meat steaks, how vast majority eat meat and how the word is typically used.

You didn’t control for the variables of ease and cost.

How about we just have a rule that method actors can’t play evil characters?

I also enjoyed the method acting used for the movie ABED.

But when the consumers typically are looking for a steak they are looking for a steak out of meat

That’s a tall claim. Proof?

Steak is the more descriptive term. It’s the one people are looking for in the vegan meat aisle.

They’re not trying to trick you. You’re just really bad at reading.

I’ve never seen fake meat that looked like meat but didn’t taste like it. Except for when it tasted better. Then again, I may be biased, because I dislike the taste of guilt.

The soulists are saying we should end humanity’s influence on the world by awakening everyone as an otherkin and/or ascending to socially constructed godhood. They think the earth-conservationists are being ridiculously materialistic.

Y tho. Why do you care that it’s meat? You know I might be in the minority here, but the reason I eat food is cause it’s nutritious and tastes good. Not because it’s meat.

“Oh no! I was expecting an animal to have been kept in a cage, but instead this is an identical cruelty-free sausage!”

If it quacks like a duck it’s a duck. If it sauces like a sausage it’s a sausage.