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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWarren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)If the majority of people believe something, it must be true.
Right?
mdbl
(4,973 posts)If they believe it, it must be true. Joseph Smith proved that. Get someone to believe you and spread your BS around and it becomes real, even if it's a made-up fantasy or mental illness episode.
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)mdbl
(4,973 posts)that religions have become the country's largest tax scam.
LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)"How do you think religion propagates?"
As well as money, which seems something almost every American, even the most hip, more-clever-than-thou skeptic seems to place great reliance on and faith in; even if it is a made-up fantasy...
Hence, some made-up fantasies are more rational to believe in, and thus exempt from the clever appellation of 'magic thinking,' but I suppose which is which is anyone's guess.
billhicks76
(5,082 posts)I often view people who don't believe the Bushes and Clintons collude that way.