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First recorded activity by BoatBanter: Feb 2013
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Why right-wing religion is doomed...
On 11/23/13, 11:20 PM, wrote:
On Sat, 23 Nov 2013 19:40:45 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:
How about Ken Copeland, who recently said on a Veterans’ Day broadcast,
Kenneth Copeland, a widely influential televangelist, argued that
"scripture says" that military veterans returning from war can’t get
PTSD because they’re doing Godly work.
If they really believed it was god's work they would not have PTSD.
They would just be in bliss, implying they had assured their place in
heaven. Perhaps that is why they have military chaplains
;-)
We had plenty of people telling us WWII was god's work and my father
had a government issued shirt pocket bible with an armor plate cover.
I doubt it would stop a rifle round but it might stop 9mm if you were
wearing enough outer wear and it was from pretty far away.
"Religion" is superstitious nonsense, and sometimes its practitioners
engage in hateful nonsense.
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Religion: together we can find the cure.
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