(February 19, 2012 at 11:23 pm)Bgood Wrote: Lol, that's funny! The Bible has been directly used as justification of totalitaian dictatorships all throughout history. Think about it..a Monotheistic God who rules the universe through force and fear. Just like Kim Jong-Il and plenty of others try to do.
Democracy was born in Ancient Greece, and they were a polytheistic culture. All the Abrahamic religions are inherently wrong, corrupt and evil. Easten religions are FAR more superior in intellect, virtue and practice. Case closed Carnavon. Christianity is dead. Become a buddhist if you want to experience true awakening and spirituality lol. But whatever you do, put down the fucking cross and walk upright!
Direct democracy lasted all of a few generations in Classical Athens. Man is not predisposed to want to take a real hand in his own governance: It takes effort. God, on the other hand, especially through his middlemen, the priesthood, takes all the unpleasant weight of thinking and reasoning away from the sheeple.
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