The slickest con ever perpetrated on mankind

Coyote writes: How about the promise of an afterlife as made by "religious practitioners" is the most "egregious swindle" ever perpetrated on mankind?

Granny Magda writes: Personally, I would say that none of the various Christian sects is truly legitimate, since none of them is true. Certainly though, some are better or worse than others and those groups who are in the business of stripping the gullible of their cash are the lowest of the low.

panda writes: Oh.
You are unaware of the existence of priests?
Unusual - but that kind of ignorance no longer surprises me.
Here is a link to some information about them: Priest - Wikipedia

Granny Magda writes: Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence and the various Christian sects provide no more evidence for their peculiar ideas than any other faith, which is to say, slim to none. To regard any sect as legitimate on such thin evidence would be illogical.

jar writes: Re: Thanks for the reply, but...
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Of course not.
What he says is that there is absolutely no evidence of an afterlife.

Coyote writes: OK, if you don't like the terms "shaman" and "slickest con" perhaps we can change it for you to better convey my intended meaning.
How about the promise of an afterlife as made by "religious practitioners" is the most "egregious swindle" ever perpetrated on mankind?I'm not referring to the actions of a few crooked shamans/priests/etc. but rather the entire concept of religion as put forward by self-appointed religious practitioners, accompanied by unsubstantiated claims of being able to grease the way for their customers into a favorable afterlife--for a price.

coyote writes: I'm not referring to the actions of a few crooked shamans/priests/etc. but rather the entire concept of religion as put forward by self-appointed religious practitioners, accompanied by unsubstantiated claims of being able to grease the way for their customers into a favorable afterlife--for a price.

jar writes: I would say that his followers certainly saw Jesus as a shaman.

jar writes:The first is whether or not Jesus was a Shaman. I don't think that there is any doubt that Jesus was seen as a traditional Shaman, someone with a particular insight and connection to the spirit world, able to oppose demons and evil spirits and to influence good or healing spirits.

jar writes: The second is the "Are you saved" con. To see that in action all you need to do is listen to Christian radio, watch the televangelists, attend any one of the Christian revivals, gatherings, or festivals, visit almost any Evangelical or Fundamentalist website.