(July 1, 2014 at 3:29 pm)ronedee Wrote:(July 1, 2014 at 2:38 pm)Strongbad Wrote: Based on all of the boot-licking and sycophantic ass-kissing that drips from every one of his posts, the answer is obvious: fear. He is deathly afraid that if he doesn’t believe “with all of his heart”, the god with which he has been indoctrinated won’t let him live forever.
You may be on to something here! Yes, God is the ONLY one I fear.
And…you are an explicit example of the fact that religions rely on two basic human emotions: fear and greed. You have fallen lock, stock, and barrel for the sales pitch. Prey upon the fear (of death), and pander to the greed (with immortality).
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"Shit-apples don't fall far from the shit-tree, Randy." Mr. Lahey