What matters most to the "believer" is NOT trying to empathize with others, but forcing others to accept that the "believers" beliefs are more true than anyone else's beliefs, and therefore must be accepted as the ONLY beliefs that are true, which means that all other beliefs are simply false. They do this, of course, becasue they fear hell, even though they tell themselves they really "love" the God who is saving them from hell by insisting their "beliefs" are more right than everyone else's beliefs. Heaven, as a result, will be full of people who are all convinced that they were right, who will all use the fact that they are in heaven to prove they were right to each other, and hell will be filled with people who are happy as hell they no longer have to deal with such spiritual supremacists.
Capitalism is a religion. That's all it is. It is thought of as simply a way of organizing and running your economy, but it can only ever end up killing the "unchosen."And the "chosen" are the ones who were given great wealth, by God, or course. And they, like Abraham, are only too happy to sacrifice a world of Isaacs, if that is what their God of money commands. Look at the EpiPen ad AIDS medication controversy, when Mylan raised the price over 500% and Martin Shkreli jacked up the prices of AIDS meds, just because they could, not because they needed to make bigger profits. And look at the 70 fold price increase on a drug treatment for Muscular Dystrophy, charging $89,000.00 per year. For Spinal Muscular atrophy, they charge $750,000 for first year and $300K thereafter. In this way, capitalism sells long life the way the Catholic Church once sold salvation through indulgences. Both are highly respected and adored by the other, despite Jesus overturning the ...
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