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[โ€“] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

FWIW, I was forced to memorize The Gospel, book by book, as punishment. (Parents and church, together) It backfired when it turned out I knew more than the elder members appreciated, and of course my "lack of faith" was the infraction. ๐ŸคŒ๐Ÿผ

Thus began my journey to anti-theism. (TST does Good works, though)

Reading, truly the harshest punishment to apply to a kid! Then people wonder why "kids don't want to read"...

[โ€“] cyborganism@piefed.ca 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Hahahahaha! Yeah they like to take passages out of context and give it whatever meaning they want.

When you read it and see the whole work, you realize how bullshit religion really is.

[โ€“] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The thing is, though... It's designed that way. The confusion is an essential part of the control โ€”by implying your inability to properly understand, the opposite fallacy is upheld: that there exists an elite few with the skill/talent/"divine gift" of deciphering all the answers.

This is one of the first lies that humans created for themselves.