RE: How to tell if a religion is B.S.
November 18, 2018 at 11:42 am
(This post was last modified: November 18, 2018 at 11:49 am by Anomalocaris.)
(November 18, 2018 at 11:25 am)Aliza Wrote:(November 18, 2018 at 7:25 am)onlinebiker Wrote: Everyone learns how to spot a huckster.
At least the smart ones learn.
What do you consider a " tell", that sets off your alarm bells?
A few of mine.
1. They ask for money. Their God created the universe, but needs your money to feed orphans?
2. They' re unusually concerned about your genitalia, and how you' re using it. In fact, they have a knife and want to make " a small adjustment".
3. They want to tell you what to eat. I got news for you swami -- you get between me and the beer and bacon - and there' s gonna be trouble.
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Contribute your insights and observations.
Has this ever happened to you? Has anyone offered to make a small adjustment on you or told you that you can't drink beer or eat bacon?
As for feeding children, yeah, I'm going to give to that regardless of who is organizing the feeding. If the end result is starving kids get food, then I don't care who gives it to them. ... I do require a 501C3 or comparable government non-profit document and their most recent financial audit, though.
Except in cases where religious hucksters morally hold starving children hostage in order for get a pass for their self-enriching fraud.
A good question to ask when told how church is justified by its charitable good deeds and how many children a mega church fed is, how many children hunger still because the pastor needed another rolls Royce or private jet?
