This question is a joke. Also, the mods should add a joke tag to allow dumb answers.

  • HSL@wayfarershaven.eu
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    1 year ago

    Tags don’t exist in Lemmy, so it’s not something we can add to the community. How about adding [joke] or [non-serious answers only]?

    • theshatterstone54@feddit.uk
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      Indeed. Wasn’t one of the commandments to avoid false idols and stuff? And wasn’t one of Jesus’ things about you being able to directly pray to god or something? Just saying, the church is and always has been a scam, a political institution used to better control the masses, especially applicable in large population nations and empires (like the Roman Empire), loosely based on ideas of some guys’ teachings. And that’s the case for all organised religion.

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        there are stories that in the Councils to determine which gospels to include in the New Testament, one of the first gospels to be deemed heretical was one where Jesus argued against the establishment of a church …

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            heads up, there’s a reason I labeled them “stories” (certainly not something you can confirm through the church) – most of the stories come up as “secret knowledge” within the various esoteric/hermetic/gnostic sects and usually make reference to the Gospel of Mary Magdalene

            • possibilities include
              • most likely, Gospel of Mary, part of the Berlin Codex – somewhere between 100 and 150 CE maybe
              • less likely, Dialogue of the Saviour, part of the Nag Hammadi library – maybe 150 CE
            • two main councils for determining the New Testament (and remember they didn’t have carbon dating to determine authenticity)
            • we do know
              • the 12 disciples were sexist
              • Mary Magdalene was a single noble lady – a perfect target for misogynistic slander painting her as a prostitute
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              Wait, does your story include that the council found it preferable to say the Son of God, King of the Jews, legitimate heir of King David, hangs out with a prostitute than with a noble woman?

              • cerement@slrpnk.net
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                more insipid than that – that he would rather spend time with her instead of his “best buds” was clearly not right, so she must’ve been cheating – and if she was a proper woman, she would’ve been married already, something must be wrong with her …

  • sylver_dragon@lemmy.world
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    We don’t worship the Christian god. If you look at a US dollar bill, this is explained quite clearly.
    In God We Trust.
    This is printed right there, on our real god: money.

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        Our Money, which art in our wallet.
        Hallowed be thy buying power.
        Thy interest come, thy inflation be done.
        In our bank accounts as it is in the Fed.
        Buy us this day our daily bread,
        and forgive us our impulse buys
        as we forgive those who advertise against us.
        And lead us not into poverty
        but deliver us from want.
        For thine is the Kingdom, the power, and the wealth
        for ever and ever.
        Cha-ching!

        • flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works
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          This is gooood! It’s it original? (sorry not meaning to be a dick)

          I feel like it weekend slightly around impulse buys and advertising, but otherwise I love it!

          • sylver_dragon@lemmy.world
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            Yup, just made it up on the spot. Granted, I had to use Wikipedia to remind me of the original text of the Lord’s Prayer. It’s been a few decades since I broke away from the indoctrination of my youth.