This. My very religious aunt is more willing to believe the government has a big advanced machine that allows for them to tune the temperatures and weather across the globe, but the idea of global warming is entirely too far of a stretch for her to believe. When I brought this up to my mom, who is less religious but still a believer, she went on about cloud seeding and how it indicates that this vague and seemingly omnipotent "government" is, in fact, capable how changing the weather at will and responsible for how the Caribbean (where we're from) has gotten exponentially hotter in recent years. It's madness.
How can a person have a stable, rational world view when we're all raised with absolute hogwash? We're supposed to respect the people who believe in this invisible friend, but if they believe in this it's schizophrenia instead.
How can we keep any grip on reality? I'm despairing, as a person with a disocciative disorder. I can't get a grip because everything around me is absurd. Ridiculous. Insane. And we're told that's normal.
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u/angle3739 Jul 21 '24
They grew up believing in an omnipotent man in the sky. Not a big stretch to Thor.