Why are religious people so messed up?

Why are religious people so messed up? Nov 19, 2020 0:01:42 GMT

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Post by FilmFlaneur on Nov 19, 2020 0:01:42 GMT

Nov 18, 2020 22:47:51 GMT Arlon10 said:

FilmFlaneur said: [full text here]

Nov 18, 2020 19:12:16 GMT:

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... the testimonies of at least some of those ... In many of the more lurid cases ... so this is merely an example
of how one group conducts itself.
we are talking about supposed satanic child abuse, rather than just satanism? See how it works?
It is ironic that you find it easy to deny the existence of heart transplants, say, for which evidence can easily be found,
The absence of any substantiation for the opposing view'

So not only can you not explain why it makes any difference whether it is satanists or just people acting like satanists, you really cannot tell the difference anyway. Can you not yet see how there are probably better ways to spend your time?
1) You haven't properly identified who are "actual" satanists. 2) The courts need not bother.

So then; one last word to answer the usual non-sequiturs. It is not I who needs to distinguish between 'real' and 'pretend' satanists, since, duh, it is not I who claims for satanic abusers in the first place (indeed I made it clear that there might have been a few cases of nutters abusing children with satanic trappings, while the sad fact is that more children have likely been ill-treated by Christians through injurious 'exorcisms'). It for is the prosecuting authorities, who did indeed 'bother', often to the extent of ruining innocent people's lives by giving credence to false claims. The issue is, still, whether there have been proven examples of SCA brought before the courts ending in convictions, especially of a size and number reflecting the associated moral panic.

The answer as I have shown is ... NO - and you haven't evidenced otherwise, as usual. Which ultimately is all one needs to know.

QED.