(April 8, 2020 at 11:40 am)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote:(April 8, 2020 at 11:11 am)The Grand Nudger Wrote: It was always an industry. We only notice that it exists through the production of paraphernalia.
No, it started out as bullshit tales told around a camel dung campfire. The Egyptians industrialized religion.
(April 8, 2020 at 11:38 am)Chad32 Wrote: That too. Why worship god A, when god B is supposedly more powerful. Your god is the volcano, but my god is the sky, that sort of thing.
When Yahweh kicked Egypt's ass it was to show that the most powerful country in the world could be beating by the Hebrew god. Of course other peoples rolled their eyes at that shit.
And then he was undone when an army rolled in with iron chariots. Because when things happen in real life, instead of background stories, you can't pretend it didn't happen.
Poe's Law: "Without a winking smiley or other blatant display of humor, it is impossible to create a parody of Fundamentalism that SOMEONE won't mistake for the real thing."
10 Christ-like figures that predate Jesus. Link shortened to Chris ate Jesus for some reason...
http://listverse.com/2009/04/13/10-chris...ate-jesus/
Good video to watch, if you want to know how common the Jesus story really is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88GTUXvp-50
A list of biblical contradictions from the infallible word of Yahweh.
http://infidels.org/library/modern/jim_m...tions.html
10 Christ-like figures that predate Jesus. Link shortened to Chris ate Jesus for some reason...
http://listverse.com/2009/04/13/10-chris...ate-jesus/
Good video to watch, if you want to know how common the Jesus story really is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88GTUXvp-50
A list of biblical contradictions from the infallible word of Yahweh.
http://infidels.org/library/modern/jim_m...tions.html