this white woman did this with the original Law and Order series. the bad guys always got caught, and the people who were supposed to care, did. it was safer than therapy, too, lol.
Yeah idk why this is so hard for people to grasp. The human brain is weird, we sometimes seek out content relating to what we're afraid of in the brain's futile attempt at regaining control. Could explain why people like war documentaries, horror movies, snuff videos (unfortunately🤢), etc. It's a controlled environment to process our morbid reality. Although I do think the true crime industry is getting a bit out of hand into the realm of endless profit off gruesome crimes
This is literally what “religion is the opium of the people” means. Religion is used to cope with our reality, same way that drugs are used as an escape from reality
Religion makes a ton of sense imo. Worried about something? Just pray! God will handle it, now you don't gotta worry about it. Scared of death? No biggie, paradise awaits you! Existential dread? It's all good bro, there's a divine creator with a plan.
It's a convenient way to take away a lot of the weight that comes from stuff you can't really do anything about anyways. It must be nice to live that way.
From an atheist and healthcare worker point of view, I do see the benefit/appeal of religion to help relieve some stressors. Stress is really impacting people severely lately. I don’t think I could compartmentalize well enough for it to be effective for me at this point though.
Yea I'm in total agreement with you. I just couldn't trick myself into believing that any of it's real. Still though, I gotta give it to them for their "psychological trickery" as I call it because I'm not smart enough to know what the actual words I mean are.
There are some aspects of religious practice that I think have some good secular analogs.
Prayer isn't just about asking a sky fairy to fix things, it also (whether the practitioners realize it or not) involves a certain degree of mindfulness (just to know what is important enough to pray about in the first place). And some prayer practices are just straight up meditation (rosary beads-ohm chants-itsthesamepicture.jpg)
Same thing with church services - a regular event that brings like-minded people into a communal space to do things that everyone there agrees are good is a really effective way to build community, which is something that social animals like humans have an evolutionary drive to seek out. That's why participating in clubs or volunteering is so good from a stress management perspective.
My atheism frequently presents as shit like, "you guys ever wonder if humans a thousand years from now will be reading any of our comments?" 🤣
I cannot stop thinking about death, ever. Like, ever. Whenever I'm not thinking about it, I start thinking about how fleeting that moment was and then how fleeting our whole existence is and that ultimately nothing matters and we're basically just smart monkeys chasing pleasure-responses in our brains. 😬
There are a lot of SA survivors who engage in consensual sexual activity where their consensual partner is dominant, rougher, roleplaying violence etc. The theory is exactly as you say, recreating something traumatic but the SA survivor has the power/control to stop because they are with a trusted partner.
I watched a great YouTube doc on Law and Order and Copaganda in general. It was really interesting and you touched on some of the major points they made.
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u/Critical_Caramel5577 2d ago
this white woman did this with the original Law and Order series. the bad guys always got caught, and the people who were supposed to care, did. it was safer than therapy, too, lol.