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You'd think it was the Onion...
Lucanus Offline
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#1
You'd think it was the Onion...
September 28, 2014 at 5:51 pm
Alas, it's not:
http://enca.com/shock-scenes-grass-pasto...trol-drink

The snake handlers are amateurs.
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Fact: Every time you eat a bite of cake, someone gets horsewhipped.

Facter: Every time two people kiss, an orphanage collapses.

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RE: You'd think it was the Onion...
September 28, 2014 at 6:07 pm
I heard a story about a pastor getting his congregation to eat grass. Of course they got sick. Apparently now they're drinking petrol? I would think that if he led by example enough that he'd just die and maybe the congregation would be less stupid for it, but I'm not positive that would happen.

A pastor at a snake handling church died of snake poison. I'll give you a moment to get through the shocking surprise of that one. So his son decides to do the same thing.

There needs to be a stronger word for indoctrination and brainwashing. It just feels like those words aren't strong enough to describe people like this.
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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

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RE: You'd think it was the Onion...
September 28, 2014 at 6:12 pm
(September 28, 2014 at 6:07 pm)Chad32 Wrote: There needs to be a stronger word for indoctrination and brainwashing.
"Fear"
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RE: You'd think it was the Onion...
September 28, 2014 at 6:14 pm
(September 28, 2014 at 6:12 pm)ShaMan Wrote:
(September 28, 2014 at 6:07 pm)Chad32 Wrote: There needs to be a stronger word for indoctrination and brainwashing.
"Fear"

Is he telling them they'll go to hell if they don't eat grass and drink petrol? Surely it's not hard to figure out these are not mainstream christian ideas.
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

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RE: You'd think it was the Onion...
September 28, 2014 at 6:17 pm
(September 28, 2014 at 6:14 pm)Chad32 Wrote:
(September 28, 2014 at 6:12 pm)ShaMan Wrote: "Fear"
Is he telling them they'll go to hell if they don't eat grass and drink petrol?
I'm not sure what he's telling them, but I know what force rules their lives and how it's used to indoctrinate, manipulate, and control him and them.
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RE: You'd think it was the Onion...
September 28, 2014 at 6:29 pm
Ahh, they sure had one jolly afternoon.
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RE: You'd think it was the Onion...
September 28, 2014 at 6:36 pm
Killing the very people on whose donations you rely isn't that clever.
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RE: You'd think it was the Onion...
September 28, 2014 at 7:26 pm
(September 28, 2014 at 6:07 pm)Chad32 Wrote: There needs to be a stronger word for indoctrination and brainwashing. It just feels like those words aren't strong enough to describe people like this.

I'm comfortable using 'fucking morons'.
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RE: You'd think it was the Onion...
September 28, 2014 at 8:36 pm (This post was last modified: September 28, 2014 at 8:37 pm by vorlon13.)
In all seriousness, this sort of thing needs to be strongly encouraged.

Even to the point of denying religious tax exemptions to supposedly Bible based congregations that don't practice it.
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RE: You'd think it was the Onion...
September 29, 2014 at 12:09 am
Petrol Drink?…..
I wouldn't recommend it.
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