• MaggiWuerze@feddit.org
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    2 days ago

    You mean constantly displaying sexuality as evil and interest in it as sinful leads to a unhealthy sexuality? Say it ain’t so

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      1. set the rules in opposition to fundamental human (i.e., mammalian) instincts
        1b. punishment is unimaginable suffering for eternity
      2. everyone lives a guilt-ridden life full of shame
      3. leverage for control in every aspect of life (i.e., slave congregation)
      4. ???
      5. profit. a fucking lot

      side effects of psychological damage, suicide, sociopathic tendencies, etc. don’t matter in the slightest to the people collecting your tithes and controlling your behavior-- so, rather the same as social media

      tl;dr: people in a perpetual state of unfulfillable desire are easy to control