I apologize if this is not appropriate for this community. But, I find the main reason I feel this way is because of my Christian faith. I’ve gone on Reddit twice this month to check for specific discussions or questions I had. I only ever used Reddit on a third party app, so I was upset but what was happening.
But surprisingly, I feel even more alienated and hated on here than I did on Reddit. Pro Life communities seem to be banned. I think there were one or two at some point, but I can’t find any now. This community has very low engagement and content, which I understand.
I’m kinda in the middle politically, trying to let my faith guide my politics, but there doesn’t seem to be a place for that here. The people here seem to be further left than Reddit and more intolerant of Christianity.
I think it makes sense. Of course the most “activist-minded” people would leave Reddit. Perhaps the most outspoken people. I left Reddit because dislike browsing it outside of RIF.
I feel myself more and more drawn to Reddit lately. There’s obviously still a vast majority of people on there that my beliefs are still hated. But, there are enough people to carve out little communities of like-minded people.
Anyway, sorry for the long post. Apologies if it doesn’t fit.
Sorry you feel like you get a lot of hate but know it’s not personal! Like some others have said, perhaps a bit harshly, nobody minds if you’re religious and want to follow religious rules, but they do mind if you want to force everyone to follow your religious rules. Unfortunately, being pro-life necessarily means you want to force people to follow your religious rules. That’s why people react so negatively to it.
As for religious groups on Lemmy, I haven’t seen many either. The cool part of Lemmy is that nothing can possibly be banned! You could run your own server dedicated to whatever you want free from any rules. It’s free open source software. You’re probably not going to connect up with many people however. The demographics of Lemmy skew heavily towards the type of people who want to try out some new peice of technology, free from outside control. There isn’t a lot of overlap with the type of people who want to live a traditional lifestyle dictated by a thousands year old book. Maybe try a Facebook group?
Thank you for your more reasonable response. Per my other comment, I wasn’t trying to force any beliefs. You say being pro-life necessitates that. I’m not sure how. Perhaps by voting? Though I tend to vote kinda 50/50 either U.S. parties. Again, just trying to follow my faith.
I’m not sure that I have the resources or know-how to run my own instance. You’re correct though, I could create my own community. I personally don’t think they would be very fruitful at the moment though, as per my post and your point about it not getting much traffic. I understand that. I understand I’m in a tiny tiny minority here on Lemmy. I don’t really want to go back to Reddit, and I don’t really use Facebook. Which is why I was hoping for a bit more discussion on Lemmy.
I understand why I’m hated here. It’s just that, as evidenced by this post, I can’t discuss this in obscurity with like-minded people. Perhaps that’s just gonna happen because of the small size of Lemmy. Perhaps I shouldn’t be here. I’m sorry for upsetting people. I figured this would be like Reddit, where I could at least have discussions with a few small communities.
I’m just shocked at the reaction from my post. I’m sorry for hurting anybody. I ask you all to recognize that I’m a human, just like you. I’m just trying to find my place in this world. I’m not trying to hurt anybody. At the same time, I recognize our worldviews are entirely different and can be easily misunderstood. If I’m not welcome here, I understand.