More than 300 people bought INDXcoin, a cryptocurrency created by the pastor and marketed through his online church, which was deemed "illiquid and practically worthless."
  • @TK420@lemmy.world
    45•1 year ago

    Religious people are delusional, and time after time it gets proven. When is enough?

    Religion has no place in the world. Churches are tax and pedophile safe havens, fuck that.

    • modifier
      21•1 year ago

      I used to find this position deeply annoying, even long after I had left behind the Christianity I was raised on.

      My feeling was, ‘we get it, you’re an atheist, calm down about it’.

      Now, I feel these comments and others like them are vital. Religions have been a net harm to society over the course of history, but they present a clear and present danger to civilized society right now.

      Not just Christianity, and not just in the USA, but very pressingly with Christianity and very pressingly in the USA.

      • @madcaesar@lemmy.world
        12•1 year ago

        Absolutely. I get into arguments all the time, especially with people who are like: “just let people believe what they want man!”

        This sounds “nice”, but the reality is that beliefs do not exist in a vacuum, they directly affect actions people take that affect you and me.

        If every religious person just kept their shit to themselves I probably wouldn’t have a problem with it, but they don’t. They infect politics, education, and indoctrinate children who have no choice as they are subjected to the bullshit.

        So yea there is no good way to be religious, only less harmful ways, but at the end of the day, believing things without a good reason makes you susceptible to be manipulated and deceived.

  • NeatoEnglish
    44•1 year ago

    “Jesus told us to steal from the poor.”

    Almost makes me wish heresy was still a thing. =/

    It’s certainly misrepresentation of a business.

    • @JPAKx4@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      14•1 year ago

      Don’t worry, this guy admitted to everything, seeing how “God told me to” isn’t a legal defense. God really told you to spend “thousands on home renovations”? Super cool bro

  • @CodeName@infosec.pub
    32•1 year ago

    “We took God at his word and sold a cryptocurrency with no clear exit,” Regalado in his video address Friday.

    Bahaha. Not only did god tell them to do it, but he might have misled them a little bit about the profitability of the venture. Bad god, bad.

  • @RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world
    10•1 year ago

    My gods tell me to do a lot of stuff. But y’all still got all your blood, don’t ya?

    Sometimes they’re not commandments, just suggestions.

    Bad suggestions.

    • @WraithGear@lemmy.world
      2•1 year ago

      Because someone wins. They all know the game is rigged, but the point is to fly as close to the sun without melting your wings. They know that the white paper holders are planning to scam the rubes, you just need to duck out before the rug pull. Can’t believe the leopard ate their face

  • Rentlar
    1•1 year ago

    Jesus told me there’s a free spot on the crucifix for this scammer.