• Wren@lemmy.today
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    20 days ago

    I’m not trying to twist anything, I’m going off what you said about religion and brainwashing. We do fundamentally disagree on whether a religious person is brainwashed or not.

    I won’t agree to the caveat, but here’s why: Brainwashing isn’t a definitive term. People can be coerced, but even then the lines are fuzzy. You can be coerced to do one thing while having complete freedom in another choice.

    I’m an athiest and I’m not spiritual. But if you don’t want to engage any further, we can stop.

    • FlexibleToast@lemmy.world
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      20 days ago

      You can’t even agree that a brainwashed person hasn’t made their own decision. What was even the point of engaging in conversation in that case? Honestly, I don’t even care what made up reason you’ll have.