andros_rex@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago'Lost African tribe' set up home in Scots woodlands as locals left baffledwww.dailyrecord.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square45linkfedilinkarrow-up1194arrow-down18file-text
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minus-squareSlartyBartFast@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down3·1 year agoIf it lets them get back to nature and pursue enlightenment, does the story they use to get there really matter?
minus-squaresome_guy@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·1 year agoYes, if they’re lying to perpetuate fraud.
minus-squareSlartyBartFast@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down3·1 year agoIsn’t that every religion though?
minus-squaresome_guy@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoYes and no. There are true believers and there are charlatans who knowingly swindle people. That much is easily apparent.
If it lets them get back to nature and pursue enlightenment, does the story they use to get there really matter?
Yes, if they’re lying to perpetuate fraud.
Isn’t that every religion though?
Yes and no. There are true believers and there are charlatans who knowingly swindle people. That much is easily apparent.