Religion
In reply to the discussion: How To Identify A Hoax Religion [View all]SarahM32
(270 posts)A hoax religion gives its clergy theocratic power, wealth and domain. However, a hoax religion is generally a distorted version of greater religion.
For example, the Byzantine and Roman Catholic version of Christianity which led to the Dark Ages, the Inquisitions, the Crusades, and to all the subsequent centuries of military industrial imperialism, was a hoax religion.
The Anglican Protestant version of Christianity wasn't all that much better, and neither are many of the theocratic versions of Protestant Christian denominations that we have today. And theocratic Muslim versions of Islam and theocratic "Orthodox" versions of Judaism would also fall into the same category.
That, however, merely means that the three Abrahamic religions have, to various degrees, been coopted by hypocrites who have distorted their religion to suit their own self-interests -- not to serve the God of Abraham, Jesus and Muhammad.
Remember, Jesus of Nazareth said that he came to usher in an age of conflict and division, and he said that at the end of the age hypocrites would be claiming to "do many wonderful works in the name of the Lord" even though they actually "work iniquity."
What is needed now in the world is truthful education, because the truth really will liberate and empower us.
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