andros_rex@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3か月前'Lost African tribe' set up home in Scots woodlands as locals left baffledwww.dailyrecord.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square42fedilinkarrow-up1196arrow-down18file-text
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minus-squareSlartyBartFast@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·3か月前If it lets them get back to nature and pursue enlightenment, does the story they use to get there really matter?
minus-squaresome_guy@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·3か月前Yes, if they’re lying to perpetuate fraud.
minus-squareSlartyBartFast@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down3·edit-23か月前Isn’t that every religion?
minus-squaresome_guy@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3か月前Yes and no. There are true believers and there are charlatans who knowingly swindle people. That much is easily apparent.
If it lets them get back to nature and pursue enlightenment, does the story they use to get there really matter?
Yes, if they’re lying to perpetuate fraud.
Isn’t that every religion?
Yes and no. There are true believers and there are charlatans who knowingly swindle people. That much is easily apparent.