It’s not about leading voters to the Democratic side - the Republican nominee for President has won the popular vote only once in the last quarter century (Bush in 2004).

Yeah, I don’t think most people realize how its mainly just pointing you off in a general direction. Not telling you exactly how to live your life.

That’s fine. No one’s trying to convert you. But there’s no harm in knowing stuff. Religion is a big part of the world and it gives you a lot insight into behavior and cultural nuances.

I hate how right you are.

I’d like to think “oh he did this because he’s stupid” but honestly I think he did this because 1: they’re fucking untouchable at this point and 2: his supporters don’t give a shit, they see nothing wrong with it. When Trump said that he could fucking shoot people and not lose any supporters, he meant it. Strap in,…

Stalinism and Nazism are other excellent examples of this. I would say that in those cases yes, these essentially became religions of state.

There is a long history of violent buddhism in Thailand, Burma and Sri Lanka, where among other things Monks would call for their followers to attack members of other religions or non-buddhist people.

I don’t know to what degree you mean it as a joke and to what degree serious, but the hardcore trump supporters are a great example. By most definitions, what they practice is a faith, they follow it religiously, it is believed, and no amount of fact will change them. Is that a religion?

Neither Buddhism nor Taoism have dogma.

Without killing anyone, how do I do my job terribly enough that people will pay me 50,000 to leave?

Most western-experienced Buddhism is of the non-violent type, but that’s not historically true and not true in all parts of the world.

I think this is why I have such a hard time grasping why other people are so gun ho for religion and it being involved in our politics.
It doesn’t make sense to me at all. Even if I was religious, it would be something personal to me and not to the world. Its a very bizarre thing to witness first hand through my…

I’m not sure, but I bet at some point they all walk into a bar.

We started church-shopping with the Unitarian Universalists, who define themselves by principles like “Who gives a shit, you’re all going to heaven” and “Jesus said whatever and ever, Amen.”

Both dispensers of sage advice, albeit at different decibels.

As soon as I read it I heard Morgan Freeman’s voice in my head:

That’s one of my rules to live by. Therefore I avoid entering Florida at all times.

In Florida? Check
Fake gun? Check

Even the guns are fake in wrestling

Fuck this, I’m not dying in Florida