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Religion. Whole cloth.
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You can just follow the religion for only positive teaching.
In fact, there are religions that basically a collective of wisdom and "how to," without promising anything than pragmatic value.
If the wisdoms are wrong or sub optimal, but the followers treat them as dogmatic then its an issue.
That would just be a life philosophy like Stoicism. Religion implies there are non falsifiable beliefs involved.
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Sure a lot of people use religion as a business but just because some people take advantage of it doesn't make it a cult. The real scammers are the people who take adcantage of it and those people deserve the death penalty
Religions promise anything and everything but don't actually provide anything in return for time or money invested. It's the very definition of a scam.
It's no different than supplement scams or homeopathic pills.
I wouldn’t say anything. You could provide a sense of belonging, guidance etc but many cults also do that.
Now, many also promise eternal salvation and the like and that is 100% a scam. Literally the same as snake oil.
Anti-theist, thank you. Kill your god.
I would rather kill you. Anyway I can't kill an immortal being
Still inside the cult you are
Imaginary friends die all the time. Especially heavily-plagiarized and wholly unoriginal ones like "Yahweh", and the countless others that came before. 🤣🤘🏼
Imaginary friends die all the time
Speaking from experience? The funeral of your imaginary girlfriend must have been tough
Aw, cupcake, you're trying so hard. Go touch some grass, little church mouse. 😘
Go get a life and stop making fun of peoples beliefs
What exactly is religion not as a business?
I think it’s the opposite of what you’re saying (mostly bad, with some good apples), and in my years and years in and around all sorts of church’s it’s been the opposite - the good ones stand out, can get persecuted for it, and have an uphill battle ahead of them.
The system is set up in a way that the Leadership and participants would have to actively push against it in order to not be exercising power over others inappropriately. The Bible makes the promises: invest 10% of your income to the church, listen to the men in charge, obey your husband.