People take the Bible to literal. The s*** is powerful of course evil people are going to use it to manipulate others for power.

Now take a look at the depression rates in western society and China.

It all makes sense

Even then I think the problem lies deeper than the spirituality of individuals in power, personally I think the system is inherently fated to have these individuals in power because it actively encourages greed and avarice. Material excess is seen as the hallmark of success

it's because they are wealthy and working 24/7.
People from poor thrid world countries gather together all day to have fun, they usually live where the tourists want to be

My friend lived a year in Ghana and worked at a school there. He explained to me that this gave him a totally different outlook on work. It is not that oriented on success and very easy going. There is no performance pressure.

But then again their society has alot of other problems we dont have

Yes but this comes down to “why are people in the west and China working so much? Why is consumerism and corporate greed so rampant in these countries?” “How have materialistic views caused people to become more miserable?” “How has the power of the dollar influenced people to work the way they do?” Why don’t stand up against this instead of getting railroaded?” And lastly “how does all this correlate with religion?”

These are questions that must be answered and will be answered.

lookin forward to the book op

You're honestly right. But who do you think set those systems in place and for the benefits of who? You're totally correct these snakes are destined to rule and for the reasons you gave as well. But just because that's what it is doesn't mean that's what it should be. I think collectively we can and should do better.

People look for external things in their life to fill the void, whether that be Expensive Fashion, Sex, Money, fame etc and they're still miserable because they've never bothered to look internally and be honest with themselves.

What? The pastor is p chill tbqfh

he a goat we homies

That's right

personally where I was born, white christians from europe literally killed and raped the whole population and made them convert, now we 90% christians, there was no capitalistic system before that.

Many of the country's most spiteful and ignorant voices are those of "devout" Christians and Jews.

I don't believe in anything and im happy as a clam so idk

islamic people going wild in africa as well

Why u think there's an uptick in philosophy and values held without religion.

It's bullshit that you need religion to be a happy and good person and I personally find that s*** offensive.

Hell even with religion or not we're gonna die anyway so why not today?

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It has nothing to do with the fact that the cost of living has skyrocketed while the money people earn stays the same, right?

Or that out-of-touch billionaires run the country and do what’s best for them and their friends, right?

Nah it’s religion b 😂😂😂

Oh he a hottie and he smart

Don't. He don't mean harm. He has his ideas and you have yours. From your post bro I can tell your in tune with yourself and a spiritual person. We all end in the same place we just take different routes what works for me and you doesn't work for others.

I don't think op is even saying you should be religious. Just that maybe we should believe in God..and honestly I don't feel like I even need to be religious to have a relationship with "God"

If you're following your conscience and the commandments, you're literally following god wether it's intended or not.

First of all I dont even know the commandments b. I just try to be cool as f*** do the things I like and not f*** with the next man. If people say things about me I want them to gas me up and not say oh SooDiff was an a****** f*** him. So I don't do f*** s***.

I do bible studies and truth of the matter is
You don't need religion to be a good person that's a fact.

The bible will tell you otherwise though

In Matthew 8:22 Jesus said, “Follow Me, and let the spiritually dead bury their own dead.”, its a good read