Tumblr Pagan fundies claiming their gods are all-good and perfect again, and coercing their cult following into obeying deities without question 👀👀
It only becomes dangerous because they A) present themselves as the expert on the Will of the Gods and B) insist that others who worship the same gods practice and believe the same way that they do. Therefore, anyone who practices religion in a way they disagree with are impious and disrespectful and no one’s allowed to argue based on either alternative evidence or on their own experiences. This results in them having some weird monopoly on what people can say about their religious practice without getting accused of being a “tumblr fake fluffbunny”, among other things.
Basically, it’s not their belief that their gods are perfect and must always be obeyed that’s a problem; it’s how they weaponize that belief in order to intimidate, dismiss, and generally bully others over beliefs that ultimately don’t harm any actual human beings.
Edit: it also encourages people who are influenced by them to go into relationships with deities with the naive and potentially dangerous idea that gods will never do anything to screw them over, and if they do it’s somehow “deserved” or “for the greater good” or “not their place to judge” because it was a god that did it. While I don’t generally believe deities abusing their devotees is common, it does happen, and for this reason insisting people believe the gods are automatically beyond reproach is irresponsible and increases the possibility of people being taken advantage of (especially newbies).
