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In reply to the discussion: Wow, Rachel, just WOW [View all]Sky Jewels
(9,148 posts)50. It's the same reason people want to believe in a god.
Everything is due to the deity's grand plan. Just turn off your brain and go along...
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"There's an authoritarian party in permanent power in half of the U.S. They're making it clear that
riversedge
Feb 2023
#37
Except the god these people believe in, Yahweh, is a vicious, cruel, murderous asshole, so
Sky Jewels
Feb 2023
#49
An ever increasing number of people don't want to think - they want to be told what
NewHendoLib
Feb 2023
#3
Nailed it. My WWII vet dad said "some Americans just want a king." No thought required. nt
Evolve Dammit
Feb 2023
#46
Yeah. Had a friend who always said everything was "God's will." No brain activity needed. nt
Evolve Dammit
Feb 2023
#52
And Chinese with Chairman Mao. And both countries have replacements of their former "leaders."
Evolve Dammit
Feb 2023
#47
Yeah, I was wondering if that was who she meant. "Crime Minister", heh!
electric_blue68
Feb 2023
#29
Living in Florida, reading/watching local news daily, what scares me is that so many of the
allegorical oracle
Feb 2023
#38
Maddow was grand tonight! But I fear #Repugs would not recognize what she said-and
riversedge
Feb 2023
#35