• SaltySalamander
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        82 days ago

        It’s an opinion born of history. I hope you learn some history at some point.

        Notice that I didn’t say faith is a cancer. Faith is one thing, religion is a whole other beast. Religion exists for one purpose, the same purpose it has always existed for. Control of the masses. That’s it.

          • @ubergeek@lemmy.today
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            113 hours ago

            Jainism is so great, because the induct children into the religion as monks, as a form of slavery…

            So, back to finding an example, I guess?

            They’re also really keen on starving people to death, too… If they think it happens to be a terminal illness.

            So, you were saying?