Comment on So...how the fuck do I trust *anything*?

• Canconda@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  If you have the charisma to start a church without working your way up you might as well skip straight to starting a cult.

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  • eightpix@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Sorry. Am atheist. Aren’t churches cults?

    Unpopular opinion.

    Allow me to rephrase: Churches aren’t cults, but they do worship a dead guy, an “I” in sky, and promise that “whosoever believeth” will not die but “have everlasting life.” Christmas, Easter, and Judgement Day — the big three.

    This, on its own, sounds cult-adjacent.

    There’s community, and I guess as long as someone says a prayer for you, remembers your name, or holds on to a record of your existence — I guess that’s something resembling everlasting life. Churches are good at keeping records. Sort of. Depends on what it is, really. If they want to forget, apparently, they will.

    There’s also the proselytizing, “spreading The Word.” And the meetings — almost exclusively on the weekend!

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