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The only smart thing he ever did was to be born into a wealthy family.

People are just going to buy what they can and it's up to manufactures to provide affordable packaging that is environmentally friendly.

Exactly. A simple zoom call would suffice.

If a church takes its parishioners money and spends it on fancy buildings and fountains and the preacher is wearing fancy suits instead of putting those donations back into the community I like to imagine sky daddy's thumb coming out the clouds and smooshing that building. In America some of the churches that televise their worship pay professional singers to sing in their choirs. My cousin is an opera singer in LA, that was a good regular income for him. Meanwhile preachers in Africa sell their own holy 'elixirs' they promise cure all ailments out of their churches after their service...

Pastor: 'Donate me money and I'll make sure you will get into heaven'' One of the biggest scams out there

"Opioid of the masses" - Karl Marx.

Faith in religion does not equate stupid people - please stop this. truely religoius people know how to treat others with respect and dont use relgion for personal gain

All tax free! Infuriating.

The megachurch service is like a rock concert, or a Hitler convention where everyone gets infected with a mass hysteria. The power of the group in an audience takes over the psyche. Logic is powerless to resist such a social force.

remove the "mega"

Just like the Cheeto's superpower is to whip up and unite the stupids, the church acts in much the same way taking advantage of the gullible and stupid while telling them to empty their pockets and obey.

I don't see a difference between mega churches and cults. Personally I think all organized religion should be thrown out with the bathwater.

Churches are stupid, period. Downvote me, I don't mind, but the vast majority of churches take advantage of the people that go there and the people that DO go there are oftentimes insufferable.

All churches, all religions. Money hungry, non-tax paying, greedy people.

God says He wants you guys to give me money for a jetski. No seriously I really did talk to God. What, do you think I'd make it up for free stuff? Blasphemy.

*any church

Check out preachers and sneakers. Don't remember what platform it's on, but it's heartbreaking/hilarious.

Melt it down! Melt it down!

There is a new mega church in my home town with a coffee shop and book store in the lobby as well as a drive through coffee stand. This being in a southern mostly backwoods baptist area has not been met with much acceptance by outsiders so far.

Thinking about the "Christian" mega churches, have none of them read the bible? I'm agnostic. I read it. Jesus was very clear about how he felt about the rich and especially those making money off of faith. It's one of the major things he had a problem with. Do they know "Christians" are supposed to follow Jesus Christ?

Remove 'mega' and the point is still valid.

What about mosques? They are even worse

I struggle to comprehend that people take Qanon seriously.

Politicians just need to be likeable. Elections are literally popularity contest, and that's only on the surface. In the US, it's established that winning the popular vote doesn't determine the presidency. Still go out and vote, but know one of the things you need to vote towards is de-corrupting the US government.

You have Moron-orrhea. Incurable and there's no treatment for that. Best to live your days far away from society so you don't infect others.

In the 60s when I was a kid it was more common to see people who had been crippled by polio. Think Southpark "Jimmy" on those metal crutches and the Forest Gump leg braces.

What I find absolutely amazing is that now I can go into a place that doesn't require a mask and there will be people wearing a mask like this. It was bad enough that people worn them wrong when required, but wearing them wrong when they aren't required requires "flat Earth" level at stupidity!

The whole farce would have been laughable had it not been so severe for the downtown Ottawa residents. Never underestimate the potential damage of stupid.

Can't believe how many people idolize that pig -_-

This is literally describing capitalism. Is Scientology just capitalism with aliens?

The targeted advertisement to young and at risk people is worse IMO.

I would agree with the first statement, except that the victims of these "challenges" are mostly naive kids and kids are stupid. We all were. Maybe some were smart enough to know that detergent could hurt or kill you, but not smart enough to understand that cinnamon, despite being 'food," could actually suffocate you if inhaled. The idiots that promoted those challenges should have been prosecuted.

I think they took the 'climate also changes naturally' statement WAY out of context

“There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.” - Asimov (It's statistically conservative governments that give rise to such movements)

You can use that footage to instantly put it on the internet and spread it, and even if you don't get it involved it be as good as a testimony. Also, in the US, those people beating up might have guns.

While at the same time believing he's a complete moron.

No, they're just a bit weirded out by you lurking next to the gate of a playground every day.

If they drank enough, it would, just not in the way they were thinking it would

I think it's a mental problem. I'm no psychiatrist but this mental issue screams for help

Should I believe this then? I are confused

they lied basically had big adverts saying we send 350 million to the EU and we can put that back into the NHS they played on peoples fears as well