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    A lot of these religious zealots tend to straight make shit up, usually about connections to hell/devil/Lucifer. Everything they don’t like is somehow connected to Lucifer or Hell. It’s usually a control mechanism.

    I once had someone try to tell me that ‘lol’ meant ‘league of Lucifer’ as opposed to ‘laugh out loud’, which is ironically exactly what I did when I heard this.

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        I wouldn’t disagree if I’m honest. You only have to look through history to find a multitude of examples.

        These types of zealots take it to…weird levels. Not necessarily new or unprecedented, just…weird. Even more nonsensical than the base religion.

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          Core religion is, for the most part, the whack ass manipulation people pulled out of their ass that was deemed fit to put in written words and hold onto for more than the week or three after some hack-job con artist said it without thinking.
          Illiterate thieves stuck at typewriters for millennia and they call it “scripture”.

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      i hate playing league of lucifer, i’m more of a dota guy (defense of the angels)

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          Nah, I’m very clearly talking about massive projectile firing cannons from the Bible.

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        They did this with ‘Lucifer’ too, a cop drama where the lord of darkness…solves crimes

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      If I ever encounter someone making stuff up like that, I want to ask them to back it up with the Bible, because I have a very strong feeling they’re going more on gut instinct than scripture.

      I only hear about these kinds of people online, though. Well, except the one time I heard a guy condemning Magic: The Gathering, but he was at least making sensible points about it.

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        Does it have to be xtian shit because I’m kind of working on a pastafatian spinoff that would work around worshiping delicious food and also maybe I could run a restaurant

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        They just block you. They aren’t looking for a debate, they look to be validated through the identity they craft for themselves.

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          I meant in person. I haven’t had trouble dealing with this kind of person online in the few times I’ve interacted with them, probably because they give me the benefit of the doubt for being a Christian myself.

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            It’ll be like playing chess with a pigeon. They’ll just shit all over the board and strut like theyve won.

            These people don’t follow the Bible. They follow what their pastor/parents/husbands say and hang onto every word unquestioningly like it was literally gospel. They won’t hear a single word against them or their teachings… They’re the definition of brainwashed.