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    1 day ago

    For all Protestants bang on about hell and the devil, they are well on their way to paganism too.

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          21 hours ago

          All religions steal from prior religions, it’s all about who makes up the best story. The best religious memes survive and spread.

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            21 hours ago

            An all-loving god sentencing sinners to eternal damnation is bad writing. Plus it ethically justifies ANY atrocity if the atrocity is done in service of converting ONE sinner. One person going to hell is worse than a million holocausts. A Christian who believes in hell can justify doing anything to “save souls”. Conversion therapy, witch burnings, crusades… If it keeps one person out of hell, it was worth it. That’s not a good mindset.

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              It’s about conversion, control, and propagation of religious ideas. It isn’t about making the nicest fairytale.

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            19 hours ago

            This is so true! There was a true Cambrian explosion of holy men and mystics in the first century in the eastern Roman Empire. Christianity was the one that out-competed them all. The best brain worm. The two thousand year meme.