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I always believed religion was incompatible with a society rooted in addressing material reality, although I know we have have religious users and wanted to hear people's takes.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Not ones that claim that there are sadistic supernatural entities that we should worship if we do not want to get punished. And which are also weirdly fixated on subjugating women, LGBTQ people and other vulnerable groups, but are fine with literal slavery and genocides.

More generally, though, religion is fundamentally based on lies (whether the relevant claims are true or not, the people who confidently make them have no basis for those), and is, in a way, an opium for the people - a fundamentally not healthy way of coping with reality.
It can be compatible with communist movements - religion in general can be changed, as it always has done in service of the interests of the ruling class. I am not a fan, though, as religious organisations/movements' existence fundamentally relies on people uncritically believing lies and they also generally seem to support reactionary policies regarding vulnerable people, most prominently women and LGBTQ people.

On the other hand, I find this much less important than dealing with capitalism, colonialism, and imperialism. I'll take a world dominated by religion if it means that those other three points are dealt with in a good manner.