The Boy Scouts of America is changing its name for the first time in its 114-year history. The Texas-based organization is announcing at its annual meeting in Florida on Tuesday that it will become Scouting America.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/20749204

Another positive step in the right direction for an organization rife with brokenness. There’s a lot I don’t like about the organization, but this is something a love–a scouting organization open to young women and the lgbtq community. The next step is being inclusive of nonreligious agnostic and atheist youth and leaders. As well as ending the cultural appropriation of Native American peoples.

May this organization continue to build up youth, never allow further violence against youth, and make amends for all the wrongs. There’s a lot of good that comes out of organizations like this and I won’t discount it even though it’s riddled with a dark history.

  • @ripcord@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5•2 months ago

    Eh, millions of people also believe(d) that:

    • Vishnu
    • Odin
    • Waheguru
    • Ahura Mazda
    • Amaterasu
    • Taiyi Tianzun
    • Baha’u’llah
    • Mahavira
    • Buddha(s)
    • Cernunnos
    • Zeus
    • Ra
    • Thor
    • Perun
    • Olorun
    • Perkūnas
    • Al-Hakim
    • Melek Taus
    • Shenlha Ökar
    • Haile Selassi
    • Olodumare
    • Olorum
    • Nyankopon
    • Hanulnim
    • Tenri-O-no-Mikoto
    • Kami
    • Anu
    • Mithras
    • Osiris
    • Apollo
    • Jupiter
    • Huitzilopochtli
    • Inti
    • …etc

    …were real and divine. And would have sworn on their life that it was true.

    But your minority religion is the one that’s finally real, right?

    • @threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      5•2 months ago

      You missed a bunch of good ones:

      • Flying Spaghetti Monster
      • Great Green Arkleseizure
      • Harry Potter
      • Zorp
      • Eru Iluvitar
      • Tim
      • Lisan al Gaib
      • Jeff
      • …etc

      In all likelyhood, just as real as the ones you listed :)

      • @ripcord@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2•2 months ago

        We have some really weak records that some dude existed.

        That doesn’t mean anything about why your mythology is true. We also have records of lots of people who millions believed were divine.

        But heres another thing: You are not a Christian because it’s Truth.

        You’re a Christian because your parents were. That’s it. That’s the main reason you believe what you do and swear it is real. You happened to be born into it.

        Same as how 99.9999% of Hindus are only Hindu because their parents were, or Muslims, or etc. They also believe what they do not because it’s the Real Truth. But because of where they were born. Which is a really, really weak reason.

        …And anyway - there’s a whole lot more people alive today who believe in other religions; why should I believe yours over theirs?