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Originally posted by eyes2see
"Brainwashed" into thinking that serving others and helping the poor is better than chasing after "truth" in a world filled with deceit and "conspiracy"....
Originally posted by eyes2see
Ooops....too late. I wish I'd read your thread sooner; I've already been "brainwashed" into believing in fairy tales.
"Brainwashed" into thinking that Love covers many sins...
"Brainwashed" into thinking that serving others and helping the poor is better than chasing after "truth" in a world filled with deceit and "conspiracy"....
"Brainwashed" into believing I shouldnt worry about "natural events that affect the earth".....
Man, I am one brainwashed dude.
I guess my brain's pretty clean from all that washing, though.
well, serving others and helping the poor aren't exclusive to religion or the religious. nice job at trying to covertly slam atheists
There ids no Christ no Allah no saviour so therefore there can be no anti Christ.
Religion is a fairy tale dreamed up by smart people who knew it could be used to control the masses
Originally posted by Nygdan
Is there a conspiracy here or is it just a general condemnation on religion in general?
Originally posted by Nasoxoron
Actually, one looking through history notes a pattern in the idea of a nemesis one day rising up like no other nemesis and a Messianic figure coming down to stop him. You even see it time and time again in modern fantasy. It is ingrained into the human psyche.
Actually, as to antichrist I don't think the Bible itself actually says specifically there will be one figurehead since it is so metaphorical.
Originally posted by magicmushroom
Religion is one of the greatest conspiracies that man has been subjected to, the fact that many cannot see this is an indication of its sucess.
Originally posted by zerotime
You almost have the love the irony of these "stop the brainwashing" and believe what I believe threads. Where do these people come from who believe they know what is right and what is wrong for everyone else? Even better is that if I had to put money on it I would guess the poster is a teenager. "Religion is the most divisive and corrupt power there is?" I think you got that wrong. The statement should read "HUMAN BEINGS are the most divisive and corrupt power there is. Everything else, religion, business, politics, race, etc are just all tools for the virtuous AND the wicked.
[edit on 4-3-2007 by zerotime]
Is Rock Music a religion, no but millions are influenced by it and follow it.
An arch-conservative cardinal chosen by the Pope to deliver this year’s Lenten meditations to the Vatican hierarchy has caused consternation by giving warning of an Antichrist who is “a pacifist, ecologist and ecumenist”.
Cardinal Giacomo Biffi, 78, who retired as Archbishop of Bologna three years ago, quoted Vladimir Solovyov (1853-1900), the Russian philosopher and mystic, as predicting that the Antichrist “will convoke an ecumenical council and seek the consensus of all the Christian confessions”.
The “masses” would follow the Antichrist, “with the exception of small groups of Catholics, Orthodox and Protestants” who would fight to prevent the watering down and ultimate destruction of the faith, he said.
Cardinal Biffi said that Christianity stood for “absolute values, such as goodness, truth, beauty”. If “relative values” such as “solidarity, love of peace and respect for nature” became absolute, they would encourage “idolatry” and “put obstacles in the way of salvation”.
Originally posted by Graystar
wow You are a genius! You got it all figured out! thank goodness you came a long. What would we do with out you and your amazing deduction?!
But in all seriuosness, did you come to this amazing conclusion while smoking pot and masturbating?