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Atheists & Agnostics

Curmudgeoness

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7. And then you can promise paradise in the next world

Reply to AlbertCat (Reply #5)

Sat Aug 1, 2015, 08:36 PM

Aug 2015

as long as the subjects are good and tolerate all the bullshit thrown on them in this life. You can make peoples' lives very miserable and still have them stay in line....because Paradise.

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The Big Con [View all] Cartoonist Jul 2015 OP

No, you're wrong. It was the Wisdom of the Ancients mr blur Jul 2015 #1

That is how I have always pictured the Bible being written. Curmudgeoness Jul 2015 #2

humans who love the idea of controlling others AlbertCat Aug 2015 #5

And then you can promise paradise in the next world Curmudgeoness Aug 2015 #7

H.L. Mencken described the invention of religion... onager Jul 2015 #3

I prefer Stephen Baxter's idea: DetlefK Jul 2015 #4

Then there's.... AlbertCat Aug 2015 #6