PragerFU: The Afterlife, Part 2
I think these keep getting better. Part three is really gonna be good!!! Prager totally put his cards on the table with this video they made over there at PragerU. They basically admitted that religious people (as Jack Nicholson said) can't handle the truth. Not without their psychophramatheological remedy — God, and the afterlife.
Enjoy this one!!! I'm having a really good time with this series (already). Thank you all for helping me make these. I got another really nice comment today from someone who thanked me (and therefore you) for helping him escape Mormonism. AND!!! His returned missionary son came out publicly as gay with a "Fuck you, asshole" to the new prophet because of his "love as we should not love" comment. See my video on this subject here or on YouTube. I'll be sharing the father's comment with you shortly. But thanks again. These videos do matter and make a difference in people's lives. And I couldn't do it without YOU!!! B
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It's also quite interesting how Dennis carefully chooses words in his videos to not offend the great mass of Christians. For example he always uses the term "Judeo-Christian" even though he himself does not believe any core tenets of Christianity - specifically that Jesus was the son of God. Yet Christians just eat this shit up like candy. I can just imagine how right wing evangelicals would react when they find out about Dennis' faith: "Wait! this guy's Jewish!?!?! WTF man?"
Prager, like Shapiro & ilk, are rent a Jews
Interesting concept that humans used to get immediate smite-based feedback, but now we just have to wait for the afterlife for evildoers to get punished - unless of course they have a deathbed confession of faith and get an eternity of the alleged heaven thereby avoiding receiving ANY punishment either in this world or the next. Really enjoying this series.
What I find most ironic is that Dennis would want to spend an eternity with the kind of being who would create such an unjust, unfair, cruel world. Nooooo thanks! I'd just as soon be cast into outer darkness (Mormons' concept of hell) than be with such a sadistic egomaniac for… time and all eternity!
Right?!!! In part three, I’m going to talk about the fact that heaven is no comfort for the thinking person, and your comment is right in line. But it’s crazier than you might initially think. Consider this: we have a God who needlessly creates a world filled with immeasurable injustice and suffering, who makes it up to you by allowing you to worship him and sing his praises for all eternity. Wait... what?!!!
To some extent we are blaming the victims. Religions that do not coerce the masses into serving the interests of the religious and secular elites do not survive (they get replaced by religions that do). As evidence consider the support in the Christian scriptures for the institution of slavery. without this Christianity would never have been rescued from obscurity by the Roman empire. The idea of the afterlife was part of the con: shut up, do your job, don't complain about your shitty working or living conditions and you will be rewarded and your enemies punished when you die. Convenient for the 0.1%, eh? The sad thing is that many people are employed in "spreading the good news"! Talk about propaganda! The "good news" is at best fake news and at worst bad news.
Clearly a way to pacify the masses. And yes, the ruling class used it to control people. But I really do believe the idea came about very much as it did in "The Invention of Lying." Can you imagine how difficult life was 5,000 years ago? Someone HAD to make up a story to soothe the unbearable hardship. The problem is that disregard for the truth always comes back to bite those least equipped to deal with the consequences. This is true for all of life. I'm reminded of a cartoon: Earth to be destroyed by asteroid this Friday. Women, the poor and minorities hardest hit.
By my count (yes, I have a spreadsheet, dammit!), this is the 249th episode that Mr. D. has released publicly. (I'm not counting 3 he made just for his Patreon saints back in 2015 and '17). So the next episode, whatever it is, will be 250! 1/4 of a 1,000! Nice going Bri-Bri.
That's 21.7 videos per year. Seems like a lot more. Probably because I do a minimum of 36 per year now. Thanks for the info.