Religion is the biggest killer of all time.

Incheon
PS: I am not afraid to say it.

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> Hello Philip,
> All text enclosed in brackets[] is my reply to your thread]

> Religion can be a touchy subject...

> [ So why did you bring it up in the first place?]

> Cult of hell: Religions of fear and hate...

> 1- Promise heaven for belief.

> [Is that the same as being offered a reward for doing what you are
> told by your superior?]

> 2- Threaten eternal punishment in hell for disbelief.

> [Is that the same as a lawbreaker getting a life sentence for
> committing a crime because they did not believe the law to be just?]

> - Boost the believers' egos by telling them they are 'chosen' or
> superior to believers

> [Is that the same as propagandas used to win the heart and minds of
> the people to have them act to gratify there own national egos and
> needs].

> 4- Disable the faculties of disbelief ('immune response') by claiming
> that faith is superior to reason.

> [Is that the same as feeding the populace with bullshit and keeping
> them in the dark making us all live like mushrooms.] Or is it mind
> control of the masses by using fear to engender dependence on a
> higher power say a government or military power.

> 5- Establish itself as the One True "believer", usually by
> some sort of holy book containing a circular self-referential
> argument such as:
> X is the one true "believer". We know X is the one true
> "believer" because The Source of Universal Truth has
> approved X. We know The Source of Universal Truth has approved X,
> because X contains statements which say so. We know what X says is
> true because X is the one true "believer".

> [Is that the same as living under a dictatorship when all liberties
> and pay offs are conditional if you conform to the will of MR. X]

> Once it has parasitised the mind of its host, a "believer"
> needs to propagate itself. A successful "believer" will
> contain instructions for some or all of the following. Holy war -
> convert or kill all unbelievers.

> [Is that the same as terrorism and genocide?]

> Phil I think there is already a cult from hell that is way ahead of
> us both and has been around since mankind became civilised and it
> happened that an elite minority can use force and deception to
> control the majority. Read the newspaper it is leagues ahead of the
> any holy book in creating a cult from hell

> Paul