though i have no problem with the bulk of this, chrishedges.substack.com/p/tru… i felt stunned disbelief with the initial paragraph

These self-proclaimed pastors β€” very few had any formal religious training β€” preyed on the despair of their congregants. They were surrounded by sycophants and could not be questioned. They merged fact with fiction, peddled magical thinking and enriched themselves at the expense of their followers. They claimed their wealth and ostentatious lifestyle, including mansions and private jets, was a sign of being blessed. They insisted they were divinely inspired and anointed by God. They were, within their hermetic circles of their megachurches, omnipotent.


it is hilarious to me that the writer apparently seeks to differentiate "ordinary" religions from "cults", when his excoriating cult description is ofc entirely applicable also to ALL religions. what an unfunny joke it is for anyone to assert or imply otherwise πŸ™„πŸ€¦β€β™€οΈ

#USPol #TuckFrump #FuckRWNJs #magamorons #FuckChristoFascists #FuckAllReligion #OrangeOaf #HeyFascistCatch

#Atheism #fsckALLreligion #FsckChristoFacists #FsckSkyfairyDelusionists #FsckRWNJs #FsckThePatriarchy πŸ–• #Feminism #FreedomFromReligion #RemoveALLReligiousTaxPreferencesFromALLAspectsOfSociety #religion

@SecularLobby religions are never so happy as when they're siphoning up public funds, molesting children, & interfering in politics

FUCK SKYFAIRIES:
#Atheism #fsckALLreligion #FsckChristoFacists #FsckSkyfairyDelusionists #FsckRWNJs #FsckThePatriarchy πŸ–• #Feminism #FreedomFromReligion #RemoveALLReligiousTaxPreferencesFromALLAspectsOfSociety #religion

@kerravonsen yep. fwiw i'm an equal-opportunity hater of skyfairies, any flavour all flavours, & merciless mocker of religious dweebs. where they stop being merely weirdarse wollybutts though, & cross lines into verboten territory, is where they insist on special favours for them, &/or ability to harm others not of their delusion.

FUCK SKYFAIRIES:
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Trump brands Dem. candidate James Talarico β€˜insult to Jesus’ for pro-trans stance

Donald Trump has branded Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico an β€œinsult to Jesus” over his pro-trans stance. 

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It continues to offend me that ABC has a so-called "Religion & Ethics" dept [or whatever organisational descriptor might be more apt]. It could not be more oxymoronic if they'd named it the "Fish Bicycling Dept".

#ABC #Atheism #fsckALLreligion #FsckChristoFacists #FsckSkyfairyDelusionists #FsckRWNJs #FsckThePatriarchy πŸ–• #Feminism #FreedomFromReligion #RemoveALLReligiousTaxPreferencesFromALLAspectsOfSociety #religion