Between this and ancestor worship?
I keep saying I find religious people a strange lot, especially when they are of African descent. They look down upon their traditional beliefs and then in the name of Christianity do and believe in absurdities for example that a man swallowed a fish whole and vomited the fish after 3 days 400 miles away, how ridiculous!
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Oh but it’s true Mak. Where are your babble glasses? You have been reading it rong. (yes I know there is no W there)
It was stories like this, while I was a church attendee long ago, so obviously bullshit, yet I’d look around the room and everyone was hanging on every word nodding in agreement. And I’d be sitting there trying to calculate how much air the poor bastard could possibly have had while ingested in a whale, nevermind the acidity of stomach fluids. Didn’t take long for me to start wondering how much crap people could be convinced to believe.
A lot apparently. We have the survival of religion, and a Trump to show it.
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I think the current crop of believers don’t need convincing, they just believe
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As the word says…….”sheeple”…………
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Sheeple is an exact definition
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Good grief, shelldigger! You were looking at the story sensibly and reasonably and logically — all traits unknown to the average church-goer. For them, it’s just so much more fun to live in a fantasy world.
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The fantasy world is much better; prayers are answered, god helps you find parking and many times it saves a bible in a totalled car
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Ha!
I’m a terrible religious wackaloon! I’m sorry I just couldn’t do it. I blame a sliver of reason, that was put there when I was hit in the head with an encyclopedia when I was 6! It wasn’t my fault. I swear!
I can play make believe. I believe we have a great president. See? I’m ready to go back to church now 😉
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The only proof you are ready to go back is if you send me money as Sunday offering. The larger the amount, the bigger your blessing
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Oh godamnit! I just can’t do it!
Thanks Mak I needed a good turning around 🙂
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Ye of little faith!
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I have decided that is a compliment 🙂
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You have decided rightly
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Will you build a gilded Temple with the money? Do you know any good architects with taste? Maybe we should all send you some money to fund the building of Saint Maka’s Cathedral of Eternal Light!
Better money spent on that than expanding the U.S. nuclear arsenal?
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What a superb idea.
We will fill the cathedral of light with books on astronomy, evolution, geology, philosophy and have a section for cultural exchange among other things.
It will be a bigly cathedral
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Man, I’m kinda thirsty. I think I’ll have me a nice big glass of “Blessed Virgin Breast Milk”. It’s a relic AND a beverage!
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Just be careful not to finish it 😉
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What’s the difference?
Marketing.
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And it has kept the church rich over the ages
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Only in the minds (or dreams) of the faithful could such a preposterous notion take place. I often wonder what mind-altering drug they indulged in the night before! Naked hugs, my Kenyan friend!
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The mind altering drug they took is called religion
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So true, my friend!
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When did I ever lie to you
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Never!
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