Is the Pope Catholic?
I often fine myself wondering how many atheists are at the top of organised religions around the world.
Why, because many of these people are well educated and have a wealth of information at their finger-tips leading me to think many discover that there are no gods throughout their life journeys, but are caught up in the social control of society and preservation of institutions.
And of course there are the charlatans like L. Ron Hubbard who use religion to fleece the stupid and gullible of their possessions and wield power without scrutiny.
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I am inclined to believe that anyone that can get to the top levels of this huge organizations have abandoned any belief in religion or ideology and uses pragmatic approaches.
They know about the religion/ideology and use the knowledge to bend the political situation in order to promote themselves.
Even this pope, he talks in a way that seems to be progressive, but he concedes nothing new. He just sugar coat the same conservative stuff that the catholic church became in the post war.
Pedrohbds
Level 7
Nov 13, 2020
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Hope all these pieces of shit die slow and horrible deaths.
CuddyCruiser
Level 8
Nov 13, 2020
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Organized religion in my area is nothing more than a club or lodge and those who go to the meetings have friends, companions, and a belief that they are right. I don't think everyone believes the god bit of it but they have to have that community part. What pisses me off is that I can't go to a senior center without the religious crap carrying over. I don't want to pray, stand and say a pledge, or any other nonsense.
DenoPenno
Level 9
Nov 12, 2020
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You make an erroneous biased assumption there are no gods.
Word
Level 8
Nov 12, 2020
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Word:
@artafrolic It is well accepted that people are gods. This is not to say people are pasta in the sky with meatballs, but a style of or a definition of what a God is. In this respect, the words human, homo sapian, God, person and people are labeling the same thing. Atheism illogical. B
Word:
@artafrolic my first thought would be animals that use deception as means to eat or protecting themselves from others.
Don't single out L. Ron Hubbard as all religious cults use religion to fleece the stupid and gullible of their possessions and wield power without scrutiny.
jlynn37
Level 8
Nov 12, 2020
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Hubbard was an alcoholic science fiction writer. It shows badly when you examine Scientology.
All major religions, it seems to me, had an embryonic, cult stage, often following a charismatic personality who typically claimed some type of divine bona fides. The cult grows until it becomes a sect, and, perhaps while splitting and subdividing into offshoots along the way, eventually develops into a major religion. Most religions cite a supernatural visit, act or call; in other words, a miracle; which is to say, a falsehood.
While I disbelieve all religions, to call Scientology a religion is, well, inaccurate. It elevates batshit craziness and financial shenanigans to an entirely new level. After reading books on it, Scientology, it seems to me, is what one might get when blending Amway with Mormonism and a little Stan Lee thrown in for 'comic' relief.
@DenoPenno And not a good sci-fi writer. You know that in WWII, he had his ship shell a Mexican island.
@p-nullifidian I have a hard time distinguishing Scientology from other religions. The only reason other religions don't scream "batshit craziness" is because we're used to them. The Bible has taking animals and plants for fuck's sake.
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