It's amazing to me how the same people scoff and make fun of radical Islamists for believing the whole "72 virgins in heaven" lie also believe a guy telling them
-There is an Invisible Sky Man. (We know there isn't a shred of evidence to support this other than books written years ago, but it's totes true. You have to have FAITH. You have to BELIEVE IT DESPITE NO EVIDENCE WHATSOEVER. That's the SECRET TO GETTING INTO HEAVEN.)
-Invisible Sky Man made you. He made everything in the universe in 7 days. (We know that fossils on the planet have been scientifically shown to be millions of years old, but no. No more than 6000. Because we say Invisible Sky Man. LALALALA I CANT HEAR YOU.)
-Invisible Sky Man has a list of things he doesn't want you to do. If you do any of these things he will send you to a place of eternal suffering when you die. Sounds pretty serious, right? (Just ignore how many of the top people in Invisible Sky Man Club do these things on the regular.)
-Invisible Sky Man needs your support. So pass the offering plate. Give us your donations. You wouldn't want Invisible Sky Man to think you're a non-believer do you?
-Faith is the most important thing. As long as you have faith and love and belief in Invisible Sky Man, you are the richest person in the world. (Just ignore our tax free mansions, jets, massive ever growing amounts of real estate. Invisible Sky Man wants us to have those. We are the deliverers of his words! We are, dare I say it, THE EARTHLY MANIFESTATION OF INVISIBLE SKY MAN AND HE SPEAKS DIRECTLY THROUGH US. What? Prove it? Are you saying you dont have FAITH that my words are true? Sounds like someone is a non-believer. Is that brimstone I smell?)
-Invisible Sky Man wants us to spread a message of peace, love, and acceptance. After all, we are all gods creatures. (Unless you're non-white. Or gay. Or trans. Then you can fuck right off. No love and acceptance for you. And to prove that, we will constantly rally politicians who will fight tooth and nail to make you second class citizens, if that.)
Gee, when you take a long look at it, it's almost like most religions are full of shit, and serve no purpose other than to bring the weak willed (and their money) into the fold, to bleed them dry on the promise of "salvation", and allow them to behave in a truly despicable, hypocritical fashion under the guise of "love for all God's creatures".