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Originally Posted by !@#$%!
not so much god per se, as a highly american fundamentalist habit of mind.
intelligent religious people are not the problem.
the problem is that religion as a business model does best with fanatical customers. you know, like people camping outside of the apple store or trader joe's.
so the unregulated untaxed religion business in america breeds literal-minded hordes, blind to doubt or criticism, self-righteous and cognitively closed to any other perspectives, so that they are willing to keep giving their money.
cult members, in other words.
america is a breeding ground for cults.
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Well, I can name one for starters. It begins with M and ends in A, and it has AG in the middle.