Title is pretty explicit, what do you think about separating church (or religion as a whole) from the state?

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    religion and spirituality itself isn’t really a problem, it’s the influence of it that is the issue

    believing things that aren’t supported by evidence or contradict reality is a problem even if it’s not at the level of a powerful social institution. we would have eradicated measles were it not for those freaks. people forego medical treatment or deny it to their children over these beliefs.

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      Lol, I want to see Marxists justifying a religious nut becoming a revolutionary leader. Wait, aren’t they? Wouldn’t a superstitious freak find his way into the CC in the Party? And do they know about it? Those guys are also political agents: they want hegemony as well. So no, I don’t believe education and better material conditions are enough to get rid of them.

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        Wouldn’t a superstitious freak find his way into the CC in the Party?

        what is CC?

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          13 days ago

          Central Commitee in a Communist Party. As a centrist, what did you think it was? Like, making a wild guess?

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            Central Commitee in a Communist Party.

            thank you.

            As a centrist, what did you think it was? Like, making a wild guess?

            I didn’t think anything of it. I just forgot. although I am a centrist (more specifically a moderate radical centrist), I sympathize with socialism.