The latest leak from Mormonleaks https://mormonleaks.io/wiki/index.php?title=File:Africa_West_Area_Overview.pdf talks about raising poor Africans out of poverty by ... wait for it ..... wait for it ... by paying tithing!
Who would've thought giving your hard earned money to a church parasite would lift you out of poverty? However, details on how it actually works on a practical level were missing from the powerpoint.
Prosperity Gospel Alive and Well
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Prosperity Gospel Alive and Well
"Religion is about providing human community in the guise of solving problems that don’t exist or failing to solve problems that do and seeking to reconcile these contradictions and conceal the failures in bogus explanations otherwise known as theology." - Kishkumen
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Ah, but you will receive "blessings"...otherwise known as pats on the head from your overseer. 
"God" is the original deus ex machina. --Maksutov
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Maksutov wrote:Ah, but you will receive "blessings"...otherwise known as pats on the head from your overseer.
I think Brigham Young would've loved this take
"Religion is about providing human community in the guise of solving problems that don’t exist or failing to solve problems that do and seeking to reconcile these contradictions and conceal the failures in bogus explanations otherwise known as theology." - Kishkumen
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Re: Prosperity Gospel Alive and Well
Exiled wrote:Maksutov wrote:Ah, but you will receive "blessings"...otherwise known as pats on the head from your overseer.
I think Brigham Young would've loved this take
Did I mention the pie in the sky when you die? Best pie ever. Believe me.
"God" is the original deus ex machina. --Maksutov