My local Catholic church has been hollowed out by the pandemic and the dearth of good priests. I am content to see it fail of its own intransigence and misogyny.
Sorry, “Catholicism” is not a cult. Billions of people practice without brainwasing, retribution or separation from family and friends. Otherwise, good article.
Please know that religion in and of itself is not a “cult.” Do a little research into why, and where from, any religion exists. A huge majority of the world’s population believes in a higher power. You’re not that smart to declare otherwise.
Opus Dei is the most powerful of the hyper-conservative Catholic sub-cults. Scalia was a member, and Thomas attends a church that is run by Opus Dei. (IIRC he was brought to that church by Louis Freeh.)
Religions exist because of mankind's daddy issues and fear of death. There is also something in the brain that makes humans highly susceptible to this stuff.
Bill Barr's dad Donald converted from Judaism, and was said to be even more fanatical in observance, than those born into it. It's not a coincidence those RWNJs who seek power, and desire a Theocracy, are in Opus Dei. And the Heritage Society.
Read the Hunter S. Thompson short fiction story with him in it.. I choose to believe it is true.
"I came suddenly awake, weeping and jabbering and laughing like a loon at the ghost on my TV set…. Judge Clarence Thomas … Yes, I knew him. But that was a long time ago. Many years, in fact, but I still remember it vividly…. Indeed, it has haunted me like a Golem, day and night, for many years.
It seemed normal enough, at the time, just another weird rainy night out there on the high desert…. What the hell? We were younger, then. Me and the Judge. And all the others, for that matter…. It was a Different Time. People were Friendly. We trusted each other. Hell, you could afford to get mixed up with wild strangers in those days — without fearing for your life, or your eyes, or your organs, or all of your money or even getting locked up in prison forever. There was a sense of possibility. People were not so afraid, as they are now. You could run around naked without getting shot. You could check into a roadside motel on the outskirts of Ely or Winnemucca or Elko when you were lost in a midnight rainstorm — and nobody called the police on you, just to check out your credit and your employment history and your medical records and how many parking tickets you owed in California.
There were Laws, but they were not feared. There were Rules, but they were not worshiped … like Laws and Rules and Cops and Informants are feared and worshiped today.
Like I said: It was a different time. And I know the Judge would tell you the same thing, tonight, if he wanted to tell you the Truth, like I do.
The first time I actually met the Judge was a long time ago, for strange reasons, on a dark and rainy night in Elko, Nevada, when we both ended up in the same sleazy roadside Motel, for no good reason at all…. Good God! What a night!
I almost forgot about it, until I saw him last week on TV… and then I saw it all over again. The horror! The horror! That night when the road washed out and we all got stuck out there — somewhere near Elko in a place just off the highway, called Endicott’s Motel — and we almost went really Crazy.
My local Catholic church has been hollowed out by the pandemic and the dearth of good priests. I am content to see it fail of its own intransigence and misogyny.
This!
Sorry, “Catholicism” is not a cult. Billions of people practice without brainwasing, retribution or separation from family and friends. Otherwise, good article.
Please know that religion in and of itself is not a “cult.” Do a little research into why, and where from, any religion exists. A huge majority of the world’s population believes in a higher power. You’re not that smart to declare otherwise.
Opus Dei is the most powerful of the hyper-conservative Catholic sub-cults. Scalia was a member, and Thomas attends a church that is run by Opus Dei. (IIRC he was brought to that church by Louis Freeh.)
"fruit bat dance" or "bat dance party" should do it 😁Here, same bats same club, different goth music and a few new moves!
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Because those are different bats!
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Religions exist because of mankind's daddy issues and fear of death. There is also something in the brain that makes humans highly susceptible to this stuff.
Or even will?>paging Merrit Garland. Beuller? Beuller?<
Bill Barr's dad Donald converted from Judaism, and was said to be even more fanatical in observance, than those born into it. It's not a coincidence those RWNJs who seek power, and desire a Theocracy, are in Opus Dei. And the Heritage Society.
That is their objective to bring on theocracy, to kill us all, directly, or kill us through stupid laws they make.
And the neighbors were Birchers!
You are so helpful!
Read the Hunter S. Thompson short fiction story with him in it.. I choose to believe it is true.
"I came suddenly awake, weeping and jabbering and laughing like a loon at the ghost on my TV set…. Judge Clarence Thomas … Yes, I knew him. But that was a long time ago. Many years, in fact, but I still remember it vividly…. Indeed, it has haunted me like a Golem, day and night, for many years.
It seemed normal enough, at the time, just another weird rainy night out there on the high desert…. What the hell? We were younger, then. Me and the Judge. And all the others, for that matter…. It was a Different Time. People were Friendly. We trusted each other. Hell, you could afford to get mixed up with wild strangers in those days — without fearing for your life, or your eyes, or your organs, or all of your money or even getting locked up in prison forever. There was a sense of possibility. People were not so afraid, as they are now. You could run around naked without getting shot. You could check into a roadside motel on the outskirts of Ely or Winnemucca or Elko when you were lost in a midnight rainstorm — and nobody called the police on you, just to check out your credit and your employment history and your medical records and how many parking tickets you owed in California.
There were Laws, but they were not feared. There were Rules, but they were not worshiped … like Laws and Rules and Cops and Informants are feared and worshiped today.
Like I said: It was a different time. And I know the Judge would tell you the same thing, tonight, if he wanted to tell you the Truth, like I do.
The first time I actually met the Judge was a long time ago, for strange reasons, on a dark and rainy night in Elko, Nevada, when we both ended up in the same sleazy roadside Motel, for no good reason at all…. Good God! What a night!
I almost forgot about it, until I saw him last week on TV… and then I saw it all over again. The horror! The horror! That night when the road washed out and we all got stuck out there — somewhere near Elko in a place just off the highway, called Endicott’s Motel — and we almost went really Crazy.
Yours,HST
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He actually said she was batshit crazy. When even tfg thinks you are crazy...
Wait until the far lefties start saying it, too.