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Originally Posted by Messianic
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It's true. God and Religion are very different things. Religion is centralized power, and centralized power is the initial catalyst for all oppression.
The idea of God and the choice to believe is present in every individual - religion requires collective coercion.
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Well said, and what I've tried to point out many times in this thread. People try to relate the 'church' with God, and while a church may claim to know God, love God, and act in the name of God, there are many times when they are only out for selfish gains, or to make themselves feel better about their actions, whether it be sodomizing little boys, or whatever they choose to support.
This thread makes me really sad to see the shape of people, and how deranged and mislead they are. It makes me want to be able to get through to them, and somewhere deep down I feel like I can, but obviously they are set in their ways, and thus I must not cast my pearls before swine. So conflicted, how to care about people, yet have to walk away when you just see the point of blind hatred is unbreakable.