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Yakooza99K
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They're willing to spend millions on megachurches and television shows but they don't give us anything. They'd rather preach hate toward other religions and instead of helping the poor they would rather convert them and convince them to "go with god"

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communist09
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I dont get this picture

Green12324
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The same can be applied to political parties. They'd rather bash the other side than deliver on the promises they made.

Lieutenut
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I was expecting a short but sweet OP when I read the title simply stating "everything." lol

I also don't understand the pic though. Anyways yes, it's quite ironic that religion preaches good morals (most of the time) and yet organized religion is by itself immoral. Very contradicting and confusing.

Yes they help the poor once in a while and start charities.... but why do we need religion for that? Yes they teach good morals, but why do we need religion for that? Yes, they take people's money promising to use it to aid in their quest for heaven (aka using it to fund their slave master's chambe.... I mean establishments) but why the hell do we need that????

We don't need organized religions to practice ideologies.

Klaushouse
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Yay! How would I have understood whats wrong with organized religion without a child telling me, and using cool visuals from 4chan!


Sarcasm aside leave 4chan out of AG. I go to 4chan all the time but you don't see me acting like a newfag. OP sucks.

Caucheka
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i think i get the pic

the first has JFK, he saying that hes going on a motercade... but he doesnt come back.
next is someone who died cuz of heroine
then is billy mays whos death was linked with his cocaine abuse
then 4 girls who were killed in a sunday school bombing at a church, during the civil rights movement.

he's saying organized religion is the cause of their death.

Lieutenut
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Well not always Christianity helps alot of the poor


Why do we need religion for that? We already know that we should do that without crazy people telling us.
MageGrayWolf
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Good point but what if there were no religions? All the poor people with no faith that someone would help them, they'd all kill themselves, which would be bad.


We don't need religion in order to help others. I'm sure there would still be groups of people willing to help the less fortunate.
Lieutenut
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Good point but what if there were no religions? All the poor people with no faith that someone would help them, they'd all kill themselves, which would be bad.


And you know they would kill themselves how.......?

People can still have faith in something higher without organized religion you know. You can still believe whatever you want without all the corrupt and money grabbing establishments and people telling you how to live your life, what religions to hate, who's going to hell and who's not.

"Lighthouses are more useful than churches." - Benjamin Franklin
skater_kid_who_pwns
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"Lighthouses are more useful than churches." - Benjamin Franklin


Don't tkake this quote as it seems. Think about it first, Backin his time, the only real church was the catholic church, which eventually started losing popularity to other churchs. He means look for guidance. As light houses guide, and what better place to be led then to god?

Now please don't say churchs don't give to the less fortunate, becuse YOU are not a church goer, and there for go simply by what OTHERS tell you.

DON'T LISTEN TO PEOPLE!
Nightfox44
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accually i beleive churches are useless, you could worship at home at at another building so ya i agree with ben...

Green12324
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Backin his time, the only real church was the catholic church


The only legitimate church in England possibly, but Franklin spent most of his life in America where that definitely wasn't the case. Also, Franklin was a Deist; Deists looked less towards religion and God for answers, and more towards themselves. The light house could represent man's mind, as the lighthouse is something man made that guides, while Churches guide through religion.

and what better place to be led then to god?


Deists would say that the best place to be led to is to absolute truth, through using logic and reason.
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@ skater kid, WRONG!!! Really, you need a history lesson. Protestant was the main religion in the colonies at the time of Benjamin Franklin. Also, another major church was the Church of England, so don't go around saying that the Catholic Church was the only major church at that time. Also, people can have faith that someone would help them, just that it would be a real hope, not a fake one through "God". How has He helped us? Not in any way we could not do ourselves.

Lieutenut
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Now please don't say churchs don't give to the less fortunate, becuse YOU are not a church goer, and there for go simply by what OTHERS tell you.


lol I am a church goer as a matter of fact. I don't believe in it, my mom knows that however she still wants me to go so I go to make her happy...... I am a church goer.

And also I didn't say that churches don't help people lol. When did I say that? I said we don't need churches to help people.... so you tell me not to listen to people.... ok, you don't make assumptions.
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The pictures have nothing to do with organized religion.

None of them solely because of religion. It's a joke that they are all going off to do something and they end up dying.

Nuff said. I laugh at anyone who took this topic seriously.

Caucheka
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thank you windshift, i already explained the picture.

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