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US High School Student Loses Scholarship Over Social Media Twerking Video (www.ndtv.com)

submitted 2 years ago by TheOneWithTheHair@lemmy.world to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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[–] Coasting0942@reddthat.com 194 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

It has everything to do with it because god said so:

"They basically told me that I should be ashamed of myself," Timonet told a local news outlet. "That I wasn't basically following God's ideals, which made me cry even more." "I felt like my life was over."

Guys, it’s the same rules as any underaged closet atheist. Study your ass off, become financially independent, then twerk in front of your god fearing scholarship committee

[–] thefartographer@lemm.ee 31 points 2 years ago

Sounds like someone dodged a bullet! Bullet-dodge ass-dance!

[–] assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

Oh that really pisses me off. The poor girl!

[–] Uranium3006@kbin.social 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Religion is cancer

[–] seitanic@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Christianity is cancer. My religion supports your right to twerk.

[–] Zoidsberg@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I am interested in your religion

[–] seitanic@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's Satanism.

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Satanism is only necessary because religion is cancer though. Just like cancer, we need to use another thing that kills to kill it. I'm 100% in agreement with Satanism's tenants, but it's because they're just humanist ideals wrapped in the garb of religion to use religion as a tool.

[–] seitanic@lemmy.sdf.org -1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

All religions are tools. Saying "religion is cancer" overlooks all of the good things that people get out of religion, such as a community with shared values that helps each other. If you can have a religion without superstition and dogma, where's the harm? It's not religion that's cancer. It's superstition and dogma.