• HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Wtf is up with the whole ’god fearing christian’ thing anyway? No way I’m going to buy into any belief where I’m supposed to fear the omnipresent being

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      8 months ago

      Remember when you were a kid and you feared your parents wrath if you did something wrong, but then you grew up and didn’t need to have a parent scolding you? Well these people still need parenting by a big scary adult.

    • lars@lemmy.sdf.orgOP
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      8 months ago

      If it works for dictatorial despots who pay lip service, but nothing more, for their followers’ wellbeing, then why wouldn’t it work for the gods?