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GiqueCee

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8. Religion...
Sat Jun 29, 2024, 09:50 AM
Jun 2024

... has been a tool of control and manipulation since its inception, and the greatest fomenter of hatred and intolerance in the history of humanity. Christian Nationalism is a virulent cancer, that is metastasizing at an exponential rate. It must be excised at any cost, and its malign influence on legislation exposed, condemned, and crushed.
Irredeemably corrupt politicians exploit religious fervor and gullibility the same way that Jim Jones exploited his pitifully desperate followers, and for much the same reason: An insatiable craving for ruthless dominion over the lives of others.
Talibangelicals (courtesy of Timeflyer!) do little or nothing for their congregations, they only take. Witness Creflo Dollar berating his followers a few years ago for not buying him yet ANOTHER jet plane.
I taught Sunday School when I was young, but I was criticized for asking too many questions, Why do you think they call it "faith", I was told. Now, I utterly reject religion, but I am not prejudiced; I despise all religions equally.

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