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Not just jihadists either. Most "legitimate" armed forces across the world have pushed the same angle throughout history, from the Holy Roman Empire to the US Military, and for the same reasons. Convince a soldier that there's an afterlife and he will automatically fight harder. Last edited by Toy Soldier; 30-08-2016 at 12:23 PM. |
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lets all pray (prey) for TS's soul
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I Love my brick
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There's no such thing as a soul
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He was posed a lot of leading questions and he answered them with a certainty that only someone who doesn't have a faith would answer. I was unaware that Gervais was qualified to speak about the workings of other people's mind, I thought he was a comedian. Anyhoo... interesting and amusing opinions... and that's what they were... opinions. And he's entitled to them.
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The voice of reason
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my thoughts and prayers are with TS's wife
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not even going to watch video - I disagree with this guy as I don't find him funny at all.
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Triumph of the Weird
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Triumph of the Weird
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![]() Personally, it's easier to just judge people according to what they do and the values they represent through those actions rather than they go what they actually (or claim to) believe or the # of degrees they've obtained. Usually for the sake of flaunting said belief in lieu of various personal flaws... In the end, what they do or don't believe has no real bearing for me if the actual person is a horrible human being... life is too short to waste time on it. Most people who quit religion or start a religion do so for personal reasons, which is not really our business unless they somehow make it our personal issue. Things like trauma, chronic harassment, mass suicides, war or murder are problems... not trite things like someone said something religious today and you felt funny. In that vein, I love watching cult documentaries on things like Scientology and the FLDS. Both groups are ****ed up, but even more interesting how they rope people into their cults and shape the beliefs of their followers. How the US still puts up with Scientology's crap, I don't know, but they managed to beat the IRS for non-profit status... even though there's ample evidence it's nothing more than a pyramid scheme to separate people from their money. Last edited by Maru; 30-08-2016 at 10:34 PM. |
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baddie
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Completely agree with this even science has been used as justification for some of the most heinous acts.
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![]() But what makes Scientology and "cults" any different from other religions though? Scientologists shape the beliefs of their followers? so does every other religion ![]()
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Mormonism and Scientology are two modern cults
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I think there's a lot more to it than that tbh. Mormonism is very new but it still follows the classic pattern of how religions have been set up, and why people become followers etc. Scientology on the other hand is totally separate in my opinion from any other 'religion', especially in it's methods of how it treats people involved in the 'church' but in many other ways too (and shouldn't even be classed as a religion... again, watch "Going Clear" if you haven't seen it, it's great).
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