I’m watching Apocalypse in the Tropics documentary on Netflix about evangelicals and politics in Brazil and it’s mind boggling. Why do the religious people just blindly do whatever the pastors tell them?

  • Openopenopenopen@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    South Park sang it best.

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Hm3mDatFpNE

    Joseph Smith was called a prophet (Dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb) He started the Mormon religion (Dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb). (Dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb) Joseph Smith was called a prophet-

    (Dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb) Many people believed Joseph (Dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb) And that night he-ee saw an angel (Dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb)

    (Dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb)

    Joseph Smith was called a prophet (Dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb)

    (Dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb)

    He found the stones and golden plates (Dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb) Even though nobody else ever saw them (Dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb)

    (Dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb)

    (Dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb)

    And that’s how the Book of Mormon was written (Dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb) (Dumb dadumb dumb dumb dumb dumb) (Dumb dadumb dumb dumb dumb dumb) (Dahumb dahumb dumb dumb dumb dumb) (Dumb dumb dumb dumb duuumb, duuumb.)

    Martin went home to his wife (Dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb) And showed her pages from the Book of Mormon (Dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb)

    Lucy Harris smart smart smart (Smart smart smart smart smart)

    Martin Harris dumb dadumb-

    Lucy Harris smart smart smart Martin Harris dumb. So Martin went on back to Smith Said the pages had gone away Smith got mad and told Martin He needed to go pray (Dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb)

    (Dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb)

    Dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb.