Religion and Ethics and Health BBS: God gets blamed for a lot, so does the Devil, but the Devil has better PR

Trevor Noah - observer September 28, 2026, 10:45 am

Religion holds the record... - Cheap Seats Shaman *= September 28, 2026, 11:58 am
- It also holds the record for saving the most lives! - observer September 28, 2026, 1:53 pm
  - Depends on how you imply the term... - Cheap Seats Shaman *= September 28, 2026, 6:41 pm
  - Please show something to back up this claim. - KR September 28, 2026, 3:29 pm
    - 500 years of Western global dominance, that is what. Hope was orevailant. - GOG September 28, 2026, 8:37 pm
- True - Skye September 28, 2026, 1:20 pm
  - God gets blamed for a lot, so does the Devil, but the Devil has better PR - Trish September 28, 2026, 1:54 pm
  - Just look at the genocide in meso-America all in the name of their dead martyr... - Cheap Seats Shaman *= September 28, 2026, 1:29 pm
- Everybody dies. - observer September 28, 2026, 1:13 pm
  - "Sin" is a human construct and also a relative term... - Cheap Seats Shaman *= September 28, 2026, 1:34 pm
    - It is a convenient story to help keep the simple minded in line. - KR September 28, 2026, 3:43 pm
  - So without sin everyone would live forever? - KR September 28, 2026, 1:28 pm
    - Even better - observer September 28, 2026, 1:54 pm
      - So the answer is NO. - KR September 28, 2026, 3:30 pm
      - IMO that can water down the idea of life's precious (and precarious) - Trish September 28, 2026, 1:57 pm
"Hope and Change" ... - Mondo Fuego™ September 28, 2026, 11:12 am
- Hope requires an object! - observer September 28, 2026, 11:42 am
  - Hope is not a strategic implement. It is more like wishful thinking. - Mondo Fuego™ September 28, 2026, 5:30 pm
    - A form of self medication. But it seems to work like a proverbial carrot - GOG September 28, 2026, 8:41 pm
      - Some folks... - Mondo Fuego™ September 29, 2026, 4:07 am

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