Reply #29: Do you want to know the real reason? [View All]

[nichomachus]

Christianity needs an "other" or it doesn't make any sense. After all, how can you "save" someone if there's nothing to save them from.

So, early on, they invented the devil. He didn't always exist in his present form. That allowed them to scare people and whip them into shape with threats that the devil would get them. The name "Satan" means "the other."

As time went on, the devil morphed from a fallen angel to a strange creature with hooves and horns -- oddly enough just at the time when the churches felt threatened by the nature religions they were trying to stamp out.

Then, the devil got kind of domesticated, especially when he started appearing on cans of lunch meat.

Fortunately, along about that time, they had Communism -- "godless communism," to be exact -- which took the place of the devil for a half century.

Then, when Communism fell, they were stuck. For a while, they tried "secular humanism," but that really didn't sell. They screamed about it a lot, but it didn't have the fear factor necessary. It just wasn't scaring enough people.

Then, they decided on gays and lesbians. This was perfect for them for several reasons. First, it scared them, because sexual freedom threatens the stranglehold religious leaders have on their flock. After allo, if you can tell people who to fuck and how and when, you're in control.

Also, it tapped into the fear and misunderstanding of many of their flock. A lot of them really don't understand homosexuality and, being Americans are pretty juvenile when it comes to any sexual matters at all. Also, a lot of Christians are either closeted gays or have "urges" that scare them and they seek some avenue for expiation. Beating up on gays, they think, will make their own urges go away.

So, gays are now filling the necessary role once filled by the fallen angels, then the devil, the devil turned into a perverted Pan, and then Communism.

It's all bullshit because of the twisted nature of Constantinian Christianity.