@georgetakei Knowing it's history, I can understand Cox's stance. It was created in 321AD by a gathering of proto-Christian sects held in Rome by Emperor Constantine. Much of what went into it was Roman grotesqueries, rather than Jesus's original teachings.
@georgetakei I agree with him. Religon is about control. Just the concept that that if you accept suffering in this life and work hard something better is coming when you die is really about controlling the masses.
@georgetakei Internet scammers write the way they do deliberately to catch suckers stupid enough to believe them, and it works. Apparently it's not a new thing.
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Spot on. Religions and theism have done a staggering amount of damage throughout history and the faithful eagerly show no signs of stopping.
@georgetakei He's not wrong. Leviticus and Numbers alone are atrocious, but there's much more. We'd both burn--after being tortured for being different