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there should be no hierarchy in religion
power corrupts people
no one is immune to corruption

>I hate ZOOMERS
OMG! No way!

>>315822
Unemployable spiteful sociopaths use religion as a very effective way of extracting free money out of gullible, kind low IQ people.

Positioning themselves as a guru, pope, messiah or any kind of figure with god's personal iMessage number is a crucial part of the scam. Of course in reality they are no closer to god than a random homeless bum, but the average follower is easily fooles by grand speeches, fancy clothes and threats of eternal damnation and hellfire if they don't give all their money to the guru.

All these sects and groups are run by overgrown bully-children in adult bodies. All it takes is a police probe, and many of them will commit suicide within 24 hours because they'd rather die than exist without experiencing the easy life at the expense of everybody else.

>>315827
excellent description.

>>315812 (OP)
become orthodox

Wow, it's if people could use religious ideology instrumentally for personal benefit

Just go to your local SSPX chapel.

>>315827
Based

https://shamelesspopery.com/no-longer-protestant/
>Like their European counterparts, most American Protestants deny sola fide (that salvation is through faith alone). Most deny sola Scriptura. These two tenets, long considered a basic litmus test for Protestantism, are now held by only 30% of American Protestants. Another surprising stat: 30% of Protestants (including a whopping 47% of Black Protestants) believe in Purgatory.
The divided Christianities are now, as organized temples amongst the pagans were, in a state of confused syncretism. The Eastern Orthodox had to abandon their Emperor long ago but there is a vacuum in their structure where Constantine is expected to stand, and this has caused their syncretism to move towards Moscow. The Protestants are moving towards Rome. But Rome? Rome has no peers on this Earth, but nor any signs of material communion with Heaven. They appear to be unable to join with another, at least not in a coherent way, and so are simply falling apart. Their anime mascot for the year 2025 seems emblematic of this deep confusion and doubt.