(July 11, 2012 at 6:39 pm)Minimalist Wrote: The "power" of the church is an illusion. The world needs to abolish the fiction that it is a "state" and treat them as what they are. One more criminal enterprise.
I'm talking more about how much power they have over their followers. Not just in mind manipulation but in political manipulation. I'm also curious about how they could stage a Public Relations war against the Gates's and their cause. Given how they failed horribly (and continue to do so) at dealing with the sex scandals I don't think they will be able to go far in the secular world but with the religious, that may be different. I don't know. I'm curious.
I have studied the Bible and the theology behind Christianity for many years. I have been to many churches. I have walked the depth and the breadth of the religion and, as a result of this, I have a lot of bullshit to scrape off the bottom of my shoes. ~Ziploc Surprise