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5. I'm not a big fan of disorganized religion either, although it doesn't tend to get as ugly

Thu Oct 5, 2023, 04:02 PM

Oct 2023

That said, I some new-agey "spirtual" movements are a big contributors to antivax nonsense, therefore not entirely harmless.

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This message was self-deleted by its author BComplex Oct 2023 #2

I would argue that has always been it's purpose. Sky Jewels Oct 2023 #3

You nailed it! BComplex Oct 2023 #4

I will go a bit further... Sky Jewels Oct 2023 #9

Marx didn't call it "the opiate of the masses" for nothing.... lastlib Oct 2023 #18

I guess it depends on what you mean by disorganized, or ugly. Act_of_Reparation Oct 2023 #14

A friend of mine put it this way: Goodheart Oct 2023 #7

Indoctrination and brainwashing require temporary311 Oct 2023 #15

"God has no religion." --- Mahatma Gandhi anciano Oct 2023 #8

I'm in a very unique position on this. SleeplessinSoCal Oct 2023 #10

Organized religion is a scam redqueen Oct 2023 #13

Why do we feel this is unique to organized religions? Act_of_Reparation Oct 2023 #16

Religion was born when the first conniver met the first dupe. Goodheart Oct 2023 #17

Locking after review sarisataka Oct 2023 #19