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2. "Fake Christians"?

Thu Jul 25, 2019, 07:53 AM

Jul 2019

Seems to be the go-to explanation for every lousy thing clergy does these days.

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Correction to your headline: CHRISTIAN scribes. trotsky Jul 2019 #1

"Fake Christians"? Act_of_Reparation Jul 2019 #2

Obviously you read the article. guillaumeb Jul 2019 #3

You are free to have your opinion. trotsky Jul 2019 #8

The fun thing about religions is you can always roll your own. hunter Jul 2019 #4

Starting your own religion is rarely a fun affair. Act_of_Reparation Jul 2019 #6

It is good to see people recognizing the obvious patriarchal thinking guillaumeb Jul 2019 #7

Patriarchy is not an "outside" influence, guillaumeb Jul 2019 #10

Did you misread "most societies" as "your religion"? eom guillaumeb Jul 2019 #15

Nope! n/t trotsky Jul 2019 #16

In Scotland! Because. if it ain't Scottish.... NeoGreen Jul 2019 #18

(cough) assuming she existed at all (cough) AtheistCrusader Jul 2019 #11

Among Christians, that is taken as a given. guillaumeb Jul 2019 #12

This is hardly a new revelation. trev Jul 2019 #17

Very true. guillaumeb Jul 2019 #20

I find it interesting trev Jul 2019 #23

Patriarchs might call it natural evolution. guillaumeb Jul 2019 #24

So for 2000 years edhopper Jul 2019 #19

Yes, as you hint, there is something wrong. guillaumeb Jul 2019 #21

You seemed edhopper Jul 2019 #22