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Despite what religions say, this is what they actually do:
They attempt to control your life based on their fiction.
Every time. Every year. Every century. It never stops. This is what religion is about. Controlling everything and everyone. For the better? Nope. Definitely not.
Would be nice if any religion ever had even a shred of proof. Imagine if a Catholic priest actually could do the Healing hands?
Nope. Just controlling dicks.
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It's a dangerous generalization, stating that "{all} religions want to control your life".
I'm somewhat Lilithian-Luciferian with many syncretic influences such as Thelemite and Hermetic concepts, and the very core values represented by Lilith and Lucifer are "do what thou wilt". Also, my belief neither chains me nor others, especially because I don't follow a religion or a religious group (and, well, having any dogmas wouldn't match the non-conformist, rebellious and anarchist values imbued by Them).
So, before conflating Abrahamic dogmas with the broad terms "religion" and "faith", be aware of how there are a plethora of different religions and belief systems around the world: some religions want to chain everybody, others want to break the chains.
Id be all for benevolent authoritarianism.
That said, religion will never be that.
I'd be all for magical unicorns.
This guy gets it
The only wed get any sort of idealized society is through force and through benevolent authoritariani, it's more likely to work than the joke that is democracy, ppl are too easily manipulated, and even just 50% of ppl are stupider than me (if standardized tests meant anything at all, it's a much higher estio than that) than I can't trust them to vote for my best interests or their own
There's no benevolent authoritanism.
Otherwise, I'd be in-charge.
Uh... You are in charge, Donald. 🤨
Yes. The greatest charge! The world has never seen such a great, bene-volent...benevolent charge! Obama couldn't do this!
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