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minus-squareSlartyBartFast@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down3·2 days agoIf it lets them get back to nature and pursue enlightenment, does the story they use to get there really matter?
minus-squaresome_guy@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·1 day agoYes, if they’re lying to perpetuate fraud.
minus-squareSlartyBartFast@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down3·edit-21 day agoIsn’t that every religion?
minus-squaresome_guy@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day agoYes and no. There are true believers and there are charlatans who knowingly swindle people. That much is easily apparent.
If it lets them get back to nature and pursue enlightenment, does the story they use to get there really matter?
Yes, if they’re lying to perpetuate fraud.
Isn’t that every religion?
Yes and no. There are true believers and there are charlatans who knowingly swindle people. That much is easily apparent.