and he decided to check out the comments. The comments were divided into two sections, in simple terms, those who supported these religious quotes and those who ridiculed them. Jesse was annoyed by the way some peoples’ responses to these inspirational and religious words were harsh, he thought “Why are people so angry, it’s just a video on the internet”.
Thoughts about how the internet reacts to religion took Jesse away from his problems. What made these people write cruel things about the author of the video: atheism, fanaticism, anger, or perhaps interfaith hatred? In any case, he could not explain it to himself.
Jesse did not consider himself to be very religious, but he never denied the existence of God. He was always outraged by radical believers or sectarians. Regardless of the religion, he did not respect any form of radicalism or blind faith. But is religion itself evil? No, Jesse didn’t think so, and especially not when it came to an Internet video that was made to support people who were feeling spiritually weak.
That’s why Jess came to the only conclusion – all the evil comments under this video are nothing more than the words of people who are offended by their lives and want to validate themselves at the expense of others on the Internet, without any reason. And the courage of their opinions ends on the Internet, where they are not obliged to have a serious discussion with an educated opponent, but can simply press the block button.
This story was submitted as part of the Oxford Pilot Phase of the Gen Z Role Models Project.
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