[GreekPete]

I don't know if you saw it, but Sam Harris, Jordan Peterson and Douglas Murray had a debate about this topic a few years ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aALsFhZKg-Q

TLDW: we don't know if Peterson is religious or not but he thinks that Christianity must stay. Harris (obviously) is an atheist and thinks religions must go. Now, Douglas is interesting. He's an atheist but thinks that Christianity must stay because much-much worse ideologies would take its place. Peterson and Douglas like to prove their point by pointing to existing ideologies that are already very dangerous.

Personally, I don't have any argument to offer. Since seeing this debate, I thought about this topic a lot but I still didn't come to a conclusion.

[me_me_me]

> Christianity must stay because much-much worse ideologies would take its place

That is one terrifying statement. And I think I changed my mind about christianity being gone would make for a better world.

if qanon is anything but a sample taste of possible future I sure hope christianity stays.

[krapp]

>if qanon is anything but a sample taste of possible future I sure hope christianity stays.

Ah... QAnon is mostly an amalgamation of beliefs already commonly held by the extremist fringe of Evangelical Christianity and other right-wing Christian sects, and is based on a Christian apocalyptic worldview. It exists to play on Christian fears of the temporal, secular world being run by vast Satanic conspiracies arrayed against them.

It couldn't exist in a world without Christianity.

[me_me_me]

If anything its a proof that people will believe in anything that suits their narrative. Especially if its random gibberish that can be interpreted anyway you want.