VERSION|0.5.1|NAME|patrick|DATE|1364201653|CONTENT|Billings had the gall to suggest that,
 &quot;Fear is the enemy of faith&quot; - 
when these Churches have sold their brand of ritual on the basis of it being the right snake oil for fear of death since the first story was invented...
cheeky git - fear is the fuel for faith, not its enemy
and as western societies discover the truths of life and the way the universe works, and reduce violent and mysterious deaths as they go along (Pace Stephen Pinker&#039;s The Myth of violence), faith in their primitive fables and rituals fades dramatically...

The church has to increase fear, feed it with rituals, in order to try and keep hold of those scared sheep it has... |EMAIL|patrick@smileofthedecade.co.uk|IP-ADDRESS|212.139.244.101|MODERATIONFLAG|