RR and Steve seem to conveniently forget that otherwise intelligent, 21st century people believe stupid shit all the time. Again, Scientology and Mormonism immediately spring to mind.
As far as 'for so little gain'/risk of harm or death goes, Jesus was also a political revolutionary. I mean, shit, guys. Revolutionaries and their followers face that kind of risk as a matter of course.
Are you guys really so dense that you don't get that religion, regardless of what it is, has always been a political apparatus? Or that the stories you claim to know so well aren't just about spirituality, but of a man becoming a seditious threat to the social order of the time (which is why he was fucking tortured and killed)? Stop turning off your brains and start looking at the bigger picture.
As far as 'for so little gain'/risk of harm or death goes, Jesus was also a political revolutionary. I mean, shit, guys. Revolutionaries and their followers face that kind of risk as a matter of course.
Are you guys really so dense that you don't get that religion, regardless of what it is, has always been a political apparatus? Or that the stories you claim to know so well aren't just about spirituality, but of a man becoming a seditious threat to the social order of the time (which is why he was fucking tortured and killed)? Stop turning off your brains and start looking at the bigger picture.
"I was thirsty for everything, but blood wasn't my style" - Live, "Voodoo Lady"
