Religion
In reply to the discussion: Sylvia Browne [View all]Act_of_Reparation
(9,116 posts)So much for turning the other cheek.
Yes, you stated your opinion. If I understand it correctly (you indicate in your previous post you think I do not, so please feel free to clarify anytime you so choose), was that Sylvia Browne was not practicing religion--or at least not some ill-defined "standard" religion, as you claim--a conclusion based on the premise Browne manufactured the church to make a profit.
Dually noted.
But why bring this up? Going on previous interactions with you--which is the only reference by which to frame your character--I can only assume you intended to refute the culpability of religion in Browne's myriad scams, to claim, as you always do, that this is just one bad apple in the bunch (not a particularly popular one at that, like the crabapple of religions...), and, of course, to imply the OP is a bigot for bringing it up in the first place.
Now, onto this gem:
Your argument is as such:
1. Religions seemingly established purely to profit their founders are not real religions.
2. Sylvia Browne's church seems to have been established to profit Sylvia Browne.
Ergo:
3. Sylvia Browne's church is not a real church with a real religion.
Your "supporting links" support premise 2, and only premise 2.
We're disputing premise 1 and your conclusion.
And I'm the one who needs a course in reading comprehension? Heh, stay classy.