• cyborganism@piefed.ca
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    4 days ago

    I’d still read the novel. Atlas Shrugged would be my choice. It would be like reading the Mein Kampf. But all for education purposes, and to see how absurd it all really is.

    By the way, the First Testament was a fucked up read. So violent. So gory. I still haven’t gotten around to read the New Testament, but it’s in my to-do list.

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      3 days ago

      FWIW, I was forced to memorize The Gospel, book by book, as punishment. (Parents and church, together) It backfired when it turned out I knew more than the elder members appreciated, and of course my “lack of faith” was the infraction. 🤌🏼

      Thus began my journey to anti-theism. (TST does Good works, though)

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        3 days ago

        Hahahahaha! Yeah they like to take passages out of context and give it whatever meaning they want.

        When you read it and see the whole work, you realize how bullshit religion really is.

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          3 days ago

          The thing is, though… It’s designed that way. The confusion is an essential part of the control —by implying your inability to properly understand, the opposite fallacy is upheld: that there exists an elite few with the skill/talent/“divine gift” of deciphering all the answers.

          This is one of the first lies that humans created for themselves.

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      4 days ago

      Eh, the second is a disappointment compared to the first. The third one is great though, Bruce Willis is excellent in it.