• switcheroo@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Considering how dumb and gullible the average religious nutjob is, this should be one helluva easy grift.

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    4 days ago

    This only makes the most sense. What other group has proven to be easier to scam? None, I’d imagine.

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    4 days ago

    My aunt already falls for every religious scam under the sun. Donate for this good cause here, help build a church there, God told me to do whatever and I need some assistance…

    Religion is one hell of a drug and I’m not surprised that a community convinced of their divine protection would contain enough gullible victims to make it worth the effort. They might not all be that stupid, but it’s like MMOs: some whales are enough to make it profitable.

  • 🍉 Albert 🍉@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    let em, stupid tax, better than them donating to republicans.

    those conman pastors don’t get to complain.

    “hey, I was going to steal that!!”

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    4 days ago

    Reminds me of Louis CK’s SNL monologue…

    Hey you can’t say something racist! I was saying something racist already!

    • 🍉 Albert 🍉@lemmy.world
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      4 days ago

      have you met a single one of those Christians fundamentalists old people?

      steal their organs while they’re at it, nothing of value was lost.

      they weren’t conned into being despicable christofascists, they are easy to con because they are idiotic christofascists.

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        3 days ago

        Who the fuck are you even talking about? Have you ever known a religious person?

        • 🍉 Albert 🍉@lemmy.world
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          3 days ago

          Given that those evangelists are the polar opposite of whatever Jesus said. I’d say you’re right, they didn’t count as religious people

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            2 days ago

            Man I don’t care what Jesus said, I don’t believe in that stuff, but I’ve known enough religious people to know that they’re not all pieces of shit and they don’t deserve to be stolen from or treated as less than human.

            • 🍉 Albert 🍉@lemmy.world
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              2 days ago

              I am not talking about your buddhist neighbour, or your jewish co-worker. we are referring to the evangelical Christo fascist maga base. They are the scum of the earth, I am sure even Jesus would not mind yeeting them into the sun.

              They are the reason so many Americans are now actually treated less than humans, so yes, if anyone deserves to be treated less than human is them. because they obviously believe that whatever is going on in this country is correct. so fuck them all. and I hope they are right in the existence of hell, because they all deserve to go there.

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                1 day ago

                So first, the article is about churches generally, not just the worst people you know. Lots of old Presbyterians and AME folks at the anti-Trump rallies.

                Second, idk, let go of the hate. I get it, I really do, I spout off myself a lot, but it’s poison. See how it warps and twists others, but don’t think it does any less to you because yours is righteous.

                • 🍉 Albert 🍉@lemmy.world
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                  1 day ago

                  There was a recent story, about a white woman with a baby asking for food. She said she asked 7 churches, 6 white churches said no, an immigrant church offered her food, a mosque offered her food, and a temple offered her food.

                  White Christianity in America is a cancer, even the white liberal ones.