There are lessons to be learned from the Bible. Religion is certainly about controlling the masses, sure, but control back then wasn’t as self-destructive as it is today.
Some religions don’t eat pork because pork used to make people sick. Not eating pork was pretty damn good advice at one point in time. The messages about usury are extremely relevant today, and always ignored.
How about the part where the beast blasphemes and promises peace?
Yeah yeah yeah he was 8/10 on the general prophecies before, but now you’d really have to be dumb enough to believe the Bible to not see it.
As an initially religious due to upbringing now agnostic “ah fuck.”
There are lessons to be learned from the Bible. Religion is certainly about controlling the masses, sure, but control back then wasn’t as self-destructive as it is today.
Some religions don’t eat pork because pork used to make people sick. Not eating pork was pretty damn good advice at one point in time. The messages about usury are extremely relevant today, and always ignored.