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- From: David.Rice@ofa123.fidonet.org
- Newsgroups: sci.skeptic
- Subject: Religion is great!
- X-Sender: newtout 0.02 Nov 5 1992
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- Date: 16 Nov 92 09:28:56
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- Who: ata@hfsi.uucp (John Ata - FSO)
- ID: 1992Nov11.030810.1913@hfsi.uucp
-
- [cut much of my crap here]
-
- DR> "Is it moral to go on TV and fake hundreds of thousands
- DR> into believing you can heal sick people, with the result
- DR> that the "healed" died later because they did not seek REAL
- DR> help? How do Christians justify that death? Were they doing
- DR> God's work, thus one or two deaths are acceptable? The ring-
- DR> leaders of Christianity are oh so willing to have their
- DR> followers pay the price, in blood, for the leader's sick,
- DR> flawed brand of morality.
-
- JA-FSO> "If they are causing the death of people who could have
- JA-FSO> sought medical advice, then it would not seem to me to
- JA-FSO> be moral. But you talked about intent. What would be
- JA-FSO> the intent be of such a preacher?
-
- Hi! Read "Don't Call me Brother."
-
- The intent is to con people into handing over large sums of money.
- With it goes sex with whores, power over others, political power
- in society, estates to live on, drugs to snort, strings to pull.
- This has always been the intent of the rulers of all religions;
- even though there are sometimes a few genuine followers, one will
- never find genuine leaders in any religion. It is POWER they seek,
- not some "spirituality."
-
- If you could show some evidence that I am wrong, I will honestly
- look it over. But I won't hold my breath waiting for it (SMILE!).
-
- Don't get me wrong. Religion is GREAT. I can't think of any better
- way to control the ignorant, hungry masses. Use religion to keep
- them stupid, ignorant, and in poverty, while the Ruling Class
- lives off of them like parasites. Religion keeps the poor from
- eatting the rich. Since I am one of the rich, I owe a great
- deal to all religions.
-
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