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Does it seem like religious people are less animal friendly? (sh.itjust.works)
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I have been noting this more recently and it seems to be a trend, at least with people I converse with on the regular. The really religious types aren't animal people or downright dont like them. The more chill or agnostic types seem to be more apt to love animals.

I could go on my theory of this but I'm interested to see if anyone thinks this is a trend.

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[–] 18 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (10 children)

Oh I'd say this is definitely just anecdotal to you personally. Lots of animal shelters are owned, operated and funded by religious organizations.

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  • [–] 12 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 child)

    that also seems anecdotal... I personally never heard of a single one (oh, anecdotal too) and in all cities I've lived I knew of shelters and rescuers because I'm one (and I currently take care of 34 cats and 4 dogs), and I must agree with OP, I know a lot of rescuers that have a religion (like, that vague belief in the god their parents talked about) but none that are overtly religious (wear symbols, attend temples, etc)

    edit: Homeless shelters and nursing homes though, plenty of religious institutions behind them.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 hours ago (5 children)

    Yeah, but how do they treat them? Is it just a new way for them to make money?

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  • [–] 3 points 2 hours ago (4 children)

    Are you under the impression animal shelters are churning out big bucks?

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  • [–] 0 points 1 hour ago (3 children)

    Anything connected with churches can make good money from donations and shady financials.

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 1 hour ago* (1 child)

    While true, lets not be those jerks who associate literally every bad thing to ever happen with churches. Believe it or not there are churches with good people feeding the homeless etc. It's probably .000000001%, but they're out there (and it sure as hell ain't megachurches or any church that preaches maga)

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  • [–] 4 points 54 minutes ago* (last edited 4 minutes ago)

    I had food and home heating oil for 3 winters when I was a kid. From a church we didn't even go to. Parents were social workers, a unbelievably poorly compensated profession. Its why I became an engineer instead of following their path. Its much bigger than that percentage but I agree its never the mega churches. They are organizations run by people. Some good, some bad.

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