Posted by Smalls at syr-24-24-14-133.twcny.rr.com on March 28, 2003 at 16:48:11:
In Reply to: Greed existed long before Christianity... posted by Booty Princess on March 28, 2003 at 16:39:53:
That's just the shadow-man for the trend in this cycle.
Why were the Egyptians hoarding all that greedy shit? For the after-life.
Show me a faith that genuinely holds to no promise of an afterlife and I'll show you a faith that was less damaging to humanity and also probably not very successful.
How toothless would religion be without the promise "hey, if you listen to me and do exactly what I say, when you die you're going to somewhere where everything is awesome/you're going to come back here in a better situation"?
How toothless would the atrocities of human history be if the perpetrators, victims and bystanders accepted that this eyeblink is all we have?
Mike