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KY_EnviroGuy

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35. Simple: It's a universal, low-cost way of controlling masses of people.
Fri Jun 19, 2020, 08:37 AM
Jun 2020

Process:

* Preachers and congregants tell all the flock from childhood that god is both a.) to be mortally feared and b.) is a loving, forgiving god.

* Because they all fear god, that allows the preachers and senior congregants to declare anything they damn well please as against god's will. All those potential "sins" vary from year to year and are different at different churches. In my days in the 50s/60s, it was a sin to work on Sunday or drink any alcohol at all or even think about sex. Nowadays, they've added politics and the Prosperity Gospel to the mix, all of which would have been sinful in my day.

* The same process allows them to declare what god's will is for the congregants and what god wants them to do or not do.

* Notice it's always a win/win for them as they can freely use god as an excuse to be for or against anything.

So, it's simply a universal way for a select few adults to totally control all those who go to church AND to blast and demonize anyone who does not. Otherwise, they would be powerless on any issue outside of local, state and federal laws.

KY rant done....

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How did he get to the White House? SeattleVet Jun 2020 #1
Per The Hill... SharonClark Jun 2020 #21
Why does this make me happy? Schadenfreude. sop Jun 2020 #2
It just makes me suspicious Cirque du So-What Jun 2020 #3
I thought the general consensus was Satan doesn't get sick. sop Jun 2020 #5
The Sheriff was tested before meeting trump EleanorR Jun 2020 #9
must be using that quick turnaround test that is only @50% accurate? rurallib Jun 2020 #15
I wonder what test they've used these past 3 years to test all visitors for the regular flu EleanorR Jun 2020 #17
And how many of these apparent rapid results tests are available to us??? nt dixiegrrrrl Jun 2020 #32
Well, he is a God fearing man. Botany Jun 2020 #4
"God fearing ..." left-of-center2012 Jun 2020 #6
2 words. Fox News. Botany Jun 2020 #7
Why do they fear God? IronLionZion Jun 2020 #20
I never understood that term. Mr.Bill Jun 2020 #24
Simple: It's a universal, low-cost way of controlling masses of people. KY_EnviroGuy Jun 2020 #35
Yup, God wants you to donate tons of money to the megachurch IronLionZion Jun 2020 #36
He was the Sheriff at one of the jails Mr.Bill Jun 2020 #23
I never trust leaders or authority figures who think they are animals or fictional characters. Crowman2009 Jun 2020 #25
Please, oh please lonely bird Jun 2020 #8
+100,000,000 SergeStorms Jun 2020 #28
I'm Sure He'll Be Fine sfstaxprep Jun 2020 #10
Um . . . moreland01 Jun 2020 #11
Go to this link and scroll down / no mask and with in 2 to 3' behind and above Trump Botany Jun 2020 #13
But the sheriff was not there... SharonClark Jun 2020 #22
Looks like him to me. n/t Mr.Bill Jun 2020 #26
Spreading it far and wide because he doesn't procon Jun 2020 #12
Can he wear his badge and gun to the hospital? KY_EnviroGuy Jun 2020 #14
Is that accurate? intrepidity Jun 2020 #18
It's possible although on the low end. KY_EnviroGuy Jun 2020 #29
Thanks. I thought 0.1 microns was probably more likely intrepidity Jun 2020 #34
I'm not happy when anyone gets it. They can spread it to others. LisaM Jun 2020 #16
Well said. Hope your bout with shingles subsides soon. nt iluvtennis Jun 2020 #19
You and me both! Thank you. LisaM Jun 2020 #30
Why is Trump having people tested at all? SergeStorms Jun 2020 #27
So he was tested and went to the meeting, later learning results? milestogo Jun 2020 #31
K&R JudyM Jun 2020 #33
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