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Major Nikon

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3. I don't think there's any other kind

Thu Oct 7, 2021, 04:16 PM

Oct 2021

Belief in a higher power is inherently corruptible for malevolent purposes. Once you can convince people you represent a higher power, the next steps are to get them to:
1) Give you money
2) Do your bidding
3) Give you sexual favors
4) Excuse bad behavior
5) Pretty much anything else you want

If there actually were a higher power who was actually benevolent, that higher power would have prevented these things from happening. The fact it didn’t happen just goes to show the alleged higher power wasn’t all that benevolent to begin with.

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I have the feeling that mankind is developing some kind of "malevolent religion" right now... [View all] DetlefK Oct 2021 OP

Clearly the Devil has more earthly power than God sanatanadharma Oct 2021 #1

Locus of Control, inner or outer. multigraincracker Oct 2021 #2

Truth be told I_UndergroundPanther Oct 2021 #4

I don't think there's any other kind Major Nikon Oct 2021 #3

Depends on I_UndergroundPanther Oct 2021 #5

But that's on a personal level and not a systemic point of view Major Nikon Oct 2021 #7

Sure makes you wonder if there is a positive impact captain queeg Oct 2021 #6

Bigger in political impact, but smaller in numbers Major Nikon Oct 2021 #8

I see the large evangelical churches as analogous to Cable News. Steelrolled Oct 2021 #9