• Etterra@discuss.online
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    3 hours ago

    As an atheist, albeit an American one, I believe that we should restrict all worship and prayer to the privacy of one’s home, exclusively.

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      2 hours ago

      so, anti-freedom then? I can understand not allowing proselytizing, but this reads to me like de facto anti-muslim legislation.

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          37 minutes ago

          Putting aside how dumb of a statement that is, will the state be mandating homes and forcing people into them? If they have to do that just to accommodate my private beliefs, how is that different than a prayer room in public? Should I be arrested if I’m homeless by choice or want to live out of a tent in the woods?

          Just skip the argument to state enforced atheism and don’t pretend this line of thought is rational and secular.

        • Teppa@lemmy.world
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          43 minutes ago

          Most homeless have mental health problems, its not really an issue of acquiring a house but them ripping out the pipes to buy drugs.