RE: The 500 & Common Sense.
June 23, 2021 at 11:15 pm
(This post was last modified: June 23, 2021 at 11:18 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
A persons amenability to the messaging might be a comment on their internal state of affairs, however they may appear to others to be. Self help schemes by any name aren't full of satisfied people. They may even be well adjusted, I suppose, insomuch as we see them - but not believe it themselves. Our friend advocating for the god of the lowly human worms is unlikely to get his idea of lowly human worms from religion so much as he's molded his religion to accord with how he sees reality, and specifically human reality.
The snake oil pitch isn't a thing all religions do. It's it's own thing, optional.
The snake oil pitch isn't a thing all religions do. It's it's own thing, optional.
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