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RE: Good Riddance
September 2, 2012 at 4:24 pm
I forget who first said this, so feel free to attribute it to me if you like, but there is a theory that religious leaders and preachers like this get to live such long lives is because 'God' wants to put off having to have the gits under his feet for as long as possible.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
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RE: Good Riddance
September 2, 2012 at 5:36 pm
Well, so much for being the messiah, completing Jesus' unfinished work, as he says.
Such things are actually not new. In East Asia, such movements inspired by Christianity were known to cause rebellions, one such famous rebellion being directed against the Manchu Qing Dynasty, with the rebels letting their hair grow long, unlike the Qing who enforced the queue hairstyle.
Üze Tengri basmasar, asra Yir telinmeser, Türük bodun ilingin törüngin kim artatı udaçı erti?
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RE: Good Riddance
September 2, 2012 at 9:43 pm
He was killed during a power struggle. All churches are ultimately about "power" you know.
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RE: Good Riddance
September 4, 2012 at 7:01 am
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RE: Good Riddance
September 4, 2012 at 7:06 am
Most? I would hazard ALL religions/ "Churches" are businesses and hence should be taxed!
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RE: Good Riddance
September 4, 2012 at 8:08 am
I think there are a few left that neither tithe nor solicit donations, Kichi, but I agree with you.
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