Lanky_Pomegranate530@lemmy.world to Atheist Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoMahatma Gandhi on religionlemmy.worldimagemessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up174arrow-down111
arrow-up163arrow-down1imageMahatma Gandhi on religionlemmy.worldLanky_Pomegranate530@lemmy.world to Atheist Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square10fedilink
minus-squaredb2@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up33arrow-down2·edit-21 year agoGhandi was an asshole who abused his wife and let her die rather than seek medical treatment. He is not someone to put on a pedestal any more than “Mother” Teresa the child-starving psychopath.
minus-squareren (a they/them)@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 year agoHe was also super racist. Yay!
minus-squareredDEAD@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoThe racist stuff is terrible, but the sleeping naked with girls under ten to test/prove his resolve is the real unforgivable sin. https://www.vice.com/en/article/ezj3km/gandhi-was-a-racist-who-forced-young-girls-to-sleep-in-bed-with-him
minus-squareCabrio@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·1 year agoA broken clock is right twice a day.
minus-squareLanky_Pomegranate530@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down30·1 year agoWell you are not wrong about that. The reason I posted this was because religion teaches people to throw out logic and reason.
Ghandi was an asshole who abused his wife and let her die rather than seek medical treatment. He is not someone to put on a pedestal any more than “Mother” Teresa the child-starving psychopath.
He was also super racist. Yay!
The racist stuff is terrible, but the sleeping naked with girls under ten to test/prove his resolve is the real unforgivable sin.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/ezj3km/gandhi-was-a-racist-who-forced-young-girls-to-sleep-in-bed-with-him
A broken clock is right twice a day.
Well you are not wrong about that. The reason I posted this was because religion teaches people to throw out logic and reason.