Is it true that religion creates a very toxic society, where

You can't just lump in every religion around the world into one category of "religiousness". I could make a pretty compelling case that life under a government is bad if I lumped all governments together and made North Korea their representative. You should be asking this question about a particular religion or denomination.

People who were abused as children tend to be more empathetic methinks desu

>>2829929
>common society has been very religious for thousands of years
>Modern-day "humanists and intellectuals" out out stuff like this

Sad

Misery begets piety, prosperity begets indifference or even resentment of sacrifice.

>>2830165

That doesn't even make sense, try and make you point without cryptic greentext.

>>2830149

Source?

>>2830203
Just going by personal experience. The meanest bullies in life are always the ones who were never put in their place by their parents. Or anyone else. At least it seems.

>>2829929
>every religious child is submitted to emotional and physical abuse

>>>/r/atheism

>>2830149
Then you disagree with just about every study ever done on the subject.

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>>2830239

Your greentext doesn't represent what OP said or represent an implication of OP's post.

Learn to 4chan, plebbit.

>>2829929
No. That is not true.

>>2830211
>Just going by personal experience

So a worthless personal anecdote.

>>2830268
This. Hurt people hurt people.

>>2830297
OP asked if religion creates a toxic society where every religious child is abused which is the type of question that belongs on ribbit and not the august halls of /his/.

Studies claim religious belief actually raises happiness. Schizophrenia and mania are more common with religious people, but depression or bipolar is less common.

>>2830338
What normies call schizophrenia and mania are actually slurs against religious euphoria and zeal. And of course prayer.

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>I don't believe in God due to personal reasons and must therefore attempt to validate my views on /his/
>I KNOW! Let's make a bait thread without citing any sources and wait for replies.
>Haha, that'll get those filthy theists

Sage this shit, you could easily swap out a few words and turn it on it's head. "Is it true that Atheism creates a very toxic society"

>>2830347
Mania, perhaps.
Shizophrenia is not all benign experiences.

>>2830360
Hellish visions are edifying when they inspire fear of the LORD.

>>2829929
Religion never stops it just changes.