i understand the root of the sentiment. it's exhausting talking to people in a cult to get them out of the cult about the things the cult talks about. this is also why i think in a rising era of state based religious fascism, atheists and agnostics need to study theology. people who are resisting the fascism have to know how to make propaganda that works on the masses in thrall that can be shifted. not doing it is just kind of letting the fascists win, and that's not an acceptaple outcome. i understand not wanting to do it because you're not interested, but these times demand empathetic self sacrifice to create a future in which we can just not study things we're not interested in

i feel like i'm not making sense