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The church has been around for years and despite the millennia of lies we are all still here and thriving and improving. Sure, certain members of the church go
by d0gsg0w00f 4y ago
The church has been around for years and despite the millennia of lies we are all still here and thriving and improving.
Sure, certain members of the church got carried away with their power but the church has also been a huge psychological boon to billions of people. For example, we have Christianity to thank for the concept of individual rights and sovereignty. It wasn't that long ago that individuals did not have any inherent value. Christianity is at the root of the "modern" concept of "innocent until proven guilty".
- sneak 4y agoI'm not referring to "certain members", I am talking about the big lie that is central to the church, espoused by every member. Somehow even with that, vested in authority, we have managed to move past it as a species and have progressed beyond superstitions. Spreading misinformation is a self-correcting problem. It simply goes away when people get bored with the meme. Reality and truth does not.