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[-] Neato@ttrpg.network 93 points 9 months ago

"Jesus told us to steal from the poor."

Almost makes me wish heresy was still a thing. =/

It's certainly misrepresentation of a business.

[-] JPAKx4 14 points 9 months ago

Don't worry, this guy admitted to everything, seeing how "God told me to" isn't a legal defense. God really told you to spend "thousands on home renovations"? Super cool bro

[-] WraithGear@lemmy.world 72 points 9 months ago

Supply side Jesus strikes again.

[-] Darkard@lemmy.world 55 points 9 months ago

Oh! OH! The clouds are parting. A beam of light shining down on me. AH! A voice. It calls out to me! It says.... It says you all owe me 200 bucks.

[-] Hotdogman@lemmy.world 18 points 9 months ago

I'll send you your 200 deer. Good luck to you.

[-] LostXOR@kbin.social 9 points 9 months ago

Best I can do is 200 rabid wolves.

[-] TK420@lemmy.world 47 points 9 months ago

Religious people are delusional, and time after time it gets proven. When is enough?

Religion has no place in the world. Churches are tax and pedophile safe havens, fuck that.

[-] modifier@lemmy.ca 21 points 9 months ago

I used to find this position deeply annoying, even long after I had left behind the Christianity I was raised on.

My feeling was, 'we get it, you're an atheist, calm down about it'.

Now, I feel these comments and others like them are vital. Religions have been a net harm to society over the course of history, but they present a clear and present danger to civilized society right now.

Not just Christianity, and not just in the USA, but very pressingly with Christianity and very pressingly in the USA.

[-] madcaesar@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago

Absolutely. I get into arguments all the time, especially with people who are like: "just let people believe what they want man!"

This sounds "nice", but the reality is that beliefs do not exist in a vacuum, they directly affect actions people take that affect you and me.

If every religious person just kept their shit to themselves I probably wouldn't have a problem with it, but they don't. They infect politics, education, and indoctrinate children who have no choice as they are subjected to the bullshit.

So yea there is no good way to be religious, only less harmful ways, but at the end of the day, believing things without a good reason makes you susceptible to be manipulated and deceived.

[-] tsonfeir@lemm.ee 47 points 9 months ago

Hearing voices is called schizophrenia

[-] ohlaph@lemmy.world 30 points 9 months ago

The lord told the defense attorney to prosecute you, so it balances out.

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 15 points 9 months ago

"I'm playing both sides so that no matter what, I come out on top." - God, probably

[-] Carighan@lemmy.world 29 points 9 months ago

Once again proving that the only problem crypto truly solves is that it was too difficult to efficiently scam people before. 😂

[-] UltraMagnus0001@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago

Evangelicals

[-] kubica@kbin.social 10 points 9 months ago

I didn't know it was a valid excuse, BRB.

[-] dhork@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago

In Satoshi We Trust

[-] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago

My gods tell me to do a lot of stuff. But y'all still got all your blood, don't ya?

Sometimes they're not commandments, just suggestions.

Bad suggestions.

[-] bc1@lemmy.l0l.city 8 points 9 months ago

Is this the wrong spot to announce my ICO?

[-] helenslunch@feddit.nl 5 points 9 months ago

So are people just going to be duped by crypto scams for the rest of eternity? How many times does this have to happen before people just stop buying random crypto created by shady people?

[-] WraithGear@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Because someone wins. They all know the game is rigged, but the point is to fly as close to the sun without melting your wings. They know that the white paper holders are planning to scam the rubes, you just need to duck out before the rug pull. Can’t believe the leopard ate their face

[-] helenslunch@feddit.nl 2 points 9 months ago

No one wins in crypto scams. Except the people that create them. That's why they're scams and not just "bad investments".

[-] dukatos@lemm.ee 4 points 9 months ago

God told me to skin you alive.

[-] FanciestPants@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

The ~~Devil~~ Lord made me do it.

[-] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 2 points 9 months ago

Jesus told me there's a free spot on the crucifix for this scammer.

[-] BeautifulMind@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

When churchmen confess their churches are organized crime syndicates

[-] SpiceDealer@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

I'm pretty sure if Jesus was still here he would condemn crypto the same way he condemn those ancient bankers.

[-] prole@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago

Jesus didn't "condemn ancient bankers," he booted money chargers from the temple. He wasn't railing against capitalism, he was against people using what was meant to be a place of worship, for those purposes.

There's nothing inherently different about crypto that Jesus would have been against compared to fiat currency. It's not like cash scams don't exist.

Not that it matters since it's all bullshit anyway.

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