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Originally Posted by Thee Alex
I feel sad for them, because handing over responsibility for their well-being to a non-existent supernatural being won't solve anything and will prevent them, in many cases, from improving their lives.
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I saw a programme a few months back that had something regarding this which was fairly shocking.
I dont know if this is just an american thing since i havent heard of it before, but the various churches the programme was at, all talked about a "rapture."
they believed one day soon when the end of the world if nigh, all believers would literally disappear off the face of the earth, and non believers would be left here for the world to end.
then it cuts to an african village. they were speaking to some really, really poor folk that had nothing. They said, that since they believed in god they didnt have to worry about anything since the rapture would be coming, and thats why they dont need to try and sort out there life.
The sheer poverty was ridiculous, when things get as bad as that can god sort out something to eat? a place to stay?
im very sure a massive amount of people benefit from religion. But its also clear that a lot of people could seriously fuck themselves up because of it too.