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[–] Wytch@lemmy.zip 40 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

You don't get rich writing science fiction. If you want to get rich, you start a religion.

-L. Ron Hubbard

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 21 points 9 months ago

For people who don’t know… he founded Scientology

[–] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee -5 points 9 months ago

I mean, he didn’t.

But honestly, getting a new religion to blow up is pretty impressive.

[–] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 29 points 9 months ago

supply-side jesus in print

[–] ryan213@lemmy.ca 27 points 9 months ago (2 children)

You know those "Christians" are gullible enough to buy it.

[–] SzethFriendOfNimi@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Matthew 8:20 (NKJV)

20 And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head.”

Catherine Ponder grabs her scissors and sharpie “let’s fix that”

[–] richieadler@lemmy.myserv.one 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Why the quotes? If they believe in Jesus I assume they're Christians. There are as many interpretations of the scriptures as Christian sects.

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Because a lot of modern day Christianity believes in "Jesus" but doesn't follow any of his teachings...fake Christians. Just using the name to help get what they want

[–] richieadler@lemmy.myserv.one 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

fake Christians

All believers say the same of all the other N-1 Christian sects. As an atheist myself, I just point at all of them and laugh.

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

No, this isn't that at all. You either follow the teachings of Jesus or you don't. Fake Christians say they love Jesus then speak and act against his lessons. Pretending otherwise shows that you don't know much about the things you ridicule.

My issues with Christianity come from the deliberate misinterpretations of the bible but what Jesus actually had to say was pretty good stuff.

[–] richieadler@lemmy.myserv.one 5 points 9 months ago

Fake Christians say they love Jesus then speak and act against his lessons.

Atheists shouldn't be in the business of gatekeeping Christians. It's all bullshit anyway.

what the likely fictional character calledJesus actually had to say

I have an issue in principle with believing bullshit. I don't care if the purported teachings were "good" (they mostly weren't), the foundation is tainted.

[–] cranakis@reddthat.com 12 points 9 months ago (1 children)

"The meek shall inherit the earth but Jesus Jr is going to inherit a fortune!" -Matthew 19:24

[–] niktemadur@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Jayzus invested in Walmart, Microsoft and Facebook.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 11 points 9 months ago

Wait for the sequels… the Millionare from Nazareth: the grift continues and The Millionaire from Nazareth: When the taxman Comethes.

[–] Hegar@kbin.social 8 points 9 months ago

The greedy and the religious are both prime rube. Targeting the middle of that venn diagram is good business.

[–] Mortoc@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

I imagine that logo represents what a camel looks like after passing through the eye of a needle.

[–] guyrocket@kbin.social 4 points 9 months ago
[–] intelisense@lemm.ee 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Is that a Nazi black sun on the front, too? Scary stuff...

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

That’s not a sonnenrad, just a sun symbol

[–] distantsounds@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago
[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

That looks like my kind of used book store! Love the ones with tons of plywood shelves.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world -1 points 9 months ago

There seem to be so few of them left, sadly.