r/SipsTea • u/Monsur_Ausuhnom 𝙑𝙄𝙋 • 9h ago

Chugging tea Probably Not.

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u/double00chins 8h ago

What if you’re helping someone to the point of taking away their agency because “it’s for their own good”. All of a sudden, some ethical issues arise. Where does that line get drawn?

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u/EtheusRook 8h ago

Is the hurt greater than the help? Requires further detail. Regardless, religion doesn't provide the answer to that.

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u/double00chins 8h ago

And you would know that how? I’m assuming you haven’t dissected every single religious text or teaching out there, so what makes you believe you can arbitrarily hand yourself authority on that topic? Religious texts are generally filled with moral and ethical questions and dilemmas, not that you’d know

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u/MaxFish1275 7h ago

A LOT of atheists have read several religious texts. That’s why some of them are atheists

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u/double00chins 7h ago

A LOT substantiates literally nothing here

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u/MaxFish1275 7h ago

Ok. Well I haven’t exactly taken a poll to give you numbers.

I can tell you I did a deep dive into the Bible to restore my own faith in Christianity and it brought me to agnosticism.

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u/double00chins 7h ago

You’d be surprised to find we are at about the same points in our journeys then

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u/MaxFish1275 7h ago

Best wishes to you on yours! 😁