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In reply to the discussion: Arizona sheriff tests positive for coronavirus ahead of meeting with Trump [View all]KY_EnviroGuy
(14,766 posts)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....