This question is a joke. Also, the mods should add a joke tag to allow dumb answers.
Tags don’t exist in Lemmy, so it’s not something we can add to the community. How about adding [joke] or [non-serious answers only]?
tags don’t exist in Lemmy
But Lemmy is open source. The framework could be added so everyone could have tags.
You can even file an issue (or upvote similar ones) here: https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui
That’s indeed a wonderful thing about open source software. It doesn’t necessarily solve this person’s question, though.
Americans worship Supply Side Jesus
but then there’s also plenty of arguments that most Christians worldwide worship the Church not Jesus
Indeed. Wasn’t one of the commandments to avoid false idols and stuff? And wasn’t one of Jesus’ things about you being able to directly pray to god or something? Just saying, the church is and always has been a scam, a political institution used to better control the masses, especially applicable in large population nations and empires (like the Roman Empire), loosely based on ideas of some guys’ teachings. And that’s the case for all organised religion.
there are stories that in the Councils to determine which gospels to include in the New Testament, one of the first gospels to be deemed heretical was one where Jesus argued against the establishment of a church …
Do you have a link on that? that genuinely sounds like an interesting thing to read into
heads up, there’s a reason I labeled them “stories” (certainly not something you can confirm through the church) – most of the stories come up as “secret knowledge” within the various esoteric/hermetic/gnostic sects and usually make reference to the Gospel of Mary Magdalene
- possibilities include
- most likely, Gospel of Mary, part of the Berlin Codex – somewhere between 100 and 150 CE maybe
- less likely, Dialogue of the Saviour, part of the Nag Hammadi library – maybe 150 CE
- two main councils for determining the New Testament (and remember they didn’t have carbon dating to determine authenticity)
- 393 CE – Synod of Hippo
- 397 CE – Synod of Carthage
- we do know
- the 12 disciples were sexist
- Mary Magdalene was a single noble lady – a perfect target for misogynistic slander painting her as a prostitute
- possibilities include
I’d argue that the American civil religion already involves worshipping money, rich people and corporations
They’ve already found that new Apple releases activates the part of the brain activated during religious experiences.
As an atheist, I had to ask myself how I know people are worshiping a god. In the US, it seems to boil down to a few things:
- Giving money to an organization in order to participate with the community
- Showing obedience to authority by allowing them to dictate some (but not all) of one’s behavior
- Being hyper-focused on how the organization got to where it is today and whether what they do today aligns with its initial values and goals
- Performing rituals in hopes of causing specific outcomes
Based on this, I am already worshiping Apple.
I would argue that nobody gives money to their church as a form of community participation. Rather, they give money in the hope that they can buy their way to salvation or as payment to ease their guilty conscience. Probably both.
I live in Utah. Mormons are absolutely required to tithe in order to participate in temple ceremonies. I’ve never been LDS, but my understanding is that the accounting for how much you tithe is carefully monitored. It’s also my understanding that you must participate in temple ceremonies to achieve admittance into heaven.
Your statements are correct about the practices of tithing and temple attendance. The things you mention are widely practiced among the faithful. My dear father and oldest brother attend their annual “tithing settlement” while I happily deposit an extra 10% into my savings.
So it’s a cult. Not like that’s any huge revelation, but there’s no way anyone can claim they are NOT a cult.
I disagree woth the third one, as it implies using critical thinking to evaluate the success of an organisation, be it in a positive or negative light. I haven’t heard a single strongly religious individual immediately agree that Joseph and Mohammed were p*dos, and using that as evidence to make a sound reasoning and evaluation on their religion’s moral principles.
Religious people clearly use critical thinking. They just base a lot off of flawed premises.
They already did
Was going to say… ask any Christian what their favorite parts of America are and they’ll prattle off exactly what corporations want them to say.
We have slowly been in the process of this for a long time. People are becoming less religious but more consumerist. Traditional religion is being replaced by influencers, celebrities, brand names, etc.
We’re never going to outright call it religion but it is functioning in a similar role for our society.
Instagram is a force that gives us meaning! A sad, thin and nutrient-poor sort of meaning but it does seem to calm the shakes for some people.
We don’t worship the Christian god. If you look at a US dollar bill, this is explained quite clearly.
In God We Trust.
This is printed right there, on our real god: money.Blasphemer! “Money” is always spelled with a capital letter! or are you not a capitalist?
I’m going to go pray to my wallet now for your heathen soul. May the Almighty Dollar bless you and not send you to Debt.
Article from more than 20 years ago:
The Market as God. It might interest you.
We do that too. That’s what our nationall holidays are about - greeting cards, candy, tires, and tvs.
They seriously watch Christmas specials all about anti-consumerism and finding the real meaning, then immediately go out and buy buy buy. Legit riots on black friday just to save a bit. It’s so disconnected that it’s just baffling to me. Our family has strict spending limits on gifts - if we even give them at all. We have enough stuff, keep your money
If you were going to choose s corporation to worship, which would it be?
I really like Costco. They have almost everything i ‘need’ and you can get a hot dog and a soda for $1.50.
Costco: Pray for a fish. You won’t receive a snake, you’ll receive 129,342 fishes.
“Will”?
Time to attack and dethrone our corporate overlords.
