Jesus, our savior and friend that we conjure in our minds, is a good thing.  To believe he is a magician who will salve all your troubles is foolish.

The real world is toughand you get thru ity by loving yourself and others the best you can, not by expecting a magic person to come from the clouds.

Pope says devil taking advantage of pandemic in Palm Sunday service
BY MYCHAEL SCHNELL - 03/28/21 02:10 PM EDT 

https://thehill.com/homenews/news/545297-pope-says-devil-taking-advantage-of-pandemic-in-palm-sunday-service

The Pope is gaslighting, pure and simple!  The Devil made us do it?  The Boogey Man is scary so lets call up the Devil?

"Pope says devil taking advantage of pandemic in Palm Sunday service
Palm Sunday mass in Indonesia hit by suicide bomber
Pope cuts salaries for cardinals, clerics in move to save other jobs reflected on the coronavirus during Palm Sunday services, where he said the devil is “taking advantage” of the pandemic.

“The devil is taking advantage of the crisis to sow distrust, desperation and discord,” Francis said at St. Peter’s Basilica, which was almost empty because of coronavirus restrictions.

He added that the pandemic has brought physical, psychological and spiritual suffering."

It's the "Devil?"  WTF?!  This is ridiculous!

Religious people playing God is disrespectful of humanity, abuse of weak minded people, and demeans the concept of religion as a respite from the ugliness of our lives.  You read a biblical book and then tell me how to act?  That is incredibly arrogant!

THE POPE & SOME CATHOLICS SAY SAME SEX MARRIAGE IS ILLICIT, A SIN? IF GOD IS LOVE, AND CREATED THESE PEOPLE, THEN GOD DECIDES WHAT IS RIGHT, NOT MEN, WOMEN, THE POPE, OR ANY "RELIGION!" YOU ARE A HYPOCRITE RELIGOUS PERSON WHEN YOU ARE CRUEL & JUDGMENTAL TO HARM PEOPLE WHO ARE DIFFERENT THAN YOU. IN FACT, YOU ARE AS BAD AS THE WHITE SUPREMACIST COMMITTING HATE CRIMS AGAINST ASIAN AMERICANS, BLACK AMERICANS, AND MEXICAN (BROWN) AMERICANS. YOU SCAPEGOAT MINORITIES AND LGBTQAI PEOPLE FOR THE FLAWS IN OUR SOCIETY WHEN, ACTUALLY, YOUR CRUELTY, RACISM, DISCRIMINATION, AND "OTHERISM" MAKES YOU THE FLAW IN OUR SOCIETY.

What more could we expect from people who claim to be "religious" when they attribute everything to a "God" who magically made all humanity and the Earth, and then controls our destiny while giving us Free Will to f**k up?

It is ludicrous to buy formal religion for what it claims to be.  Individual faith and spirituality is more likely a benefit than organized religions on the planet.  Organized religion has murdered too many people, while individuals generally do not commit murder, they don't even judge others.

Hate is hate and organized religion hates too much, and too many.

MISCELLANEOUS:

WHY DO FORMAL, "ORGANIZED" RELIGIONS, & "RELIGIOUS" PEOPLE SKIPS SOME OF THEIR BIBLE'S WRITTEN WORD TELLING THEM TO BE TO BE KIND & FORGIVING TO WORDS THEY THINK ALLOW THEM TO PLAYA CRUEL "GOD?" EXAMPLE: THE POPE, AND OTHER RELIGION LEADERS DECLARE SAME SEX MARRIAGE IS ILLICIT, THAT THAT PARTICULAR FORM OF LOVE A SIN? IF ANY THEISTIC RELIGION HAS A GOD THAT IS LOVE & HOPE, AND IF THE RELIGION SAYS THEIR GOD CREATED PEOPLE, THEN GOD DECIDES WHAT IS RIGHT, NOT MEN, WOMEN, THE POPE, OR ANY THEISTIC OR NON-THEISTIC "RELIGION!" YOUR "BIBLE" IS HATEFUL! YOU ARE A HYPOCRITE RELIGOUS PERSON WHEN YOU ARE CRUEL & JUDGMENTAL TO HARM PEOPLE WHO ARE DIFFERENT THAN YOU. IN FACT, YOU ARE AS BAD AS THE WHITE SUPREMACIST COMMITTING HATE CRIMES IN AMERICA AGAINST ASIANS, BLACKS, AND MEXICAN/ BROWNS. IN EVERY COUNTRY YOU SCAPEGOAT MINORITIES AND LGBTQAI PEOPLE FOR THE FLAWS YOU BRING TO YOUR SOCIETY. YOUR CRUELTY, RACISM, DISCRIMINATION, AND "OTHERISM" MAKES YOU THE FLAW IN OUR SOCIETY! HANDGUNS ARE PEOPLE KILLERS. ADD LOTS OF AMMO, AND THESE PISTOLS KILL A LOT OF PEOPLE! IT LOOKS LIKE AMERICANS THINK HANDGUNS ARE THEIR SACRED RIGHT, SO THEY OBVIOUSLY THINK MURDER IS A SACRED RIGHT. IF SAME SEX MARRIAGE IS A SIN, HANDGUNS WITH 30 BULLET MAGAZINES ARE A WORSE SIN, RIGHT? 2ND AMENDMENT RIGHTS ARE NOT INFRINGED IN ANY WAY BY BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR EMOTIONAL (E,G., JUST GOT FIRED, DIVORCED, CHARGED WITH SERIOUS CRIME), PSYCHOLOGICAL (E.G., DIAGNOSED MENTAL ILLNESS & HISTORY OF VIOLENCE, INTELLECTUALLY CHALLENGED) ISSUES, OR A 10 DAY WAITING PERIOD BEFORE WE GET THE PISTOL WE BUY. IT IS OBVIOUS GUN CONTROL CHECKS LIKE THESE WILL REDUCE MASS SHOOTINGS. CONSERVATIVE POLITICIANS SEEM TO FEEL MASS SHOOTINGS ARE "OK," AS LONG AS THEIR FAMILY IS NOT MURDERED. MANY CONGRESS PEOPLE ARE COMPLICIT IN THE MASS MURDERS. THEY HEARTLESSLY AID SUICIDES AS WELL. GUNS ARE OBVIOUSLY TOO EASY TO GET. ADD TO THE SINS OF RELIGION, AND 2ND AMENDMENT ZEALOTS, THE CONGRESS PEOPLE WHO BOLDLY LIE ABOUT THE VIOLENCE 6 JAN BETRAY THEIR OATH OF OFFICE, ESPECIALLY RON JOHNSON, BASKING IN WHITE SUPREMACIST POLITICS. INCREDIBLY WHILE VIDEO SHOWS LITERAL VIOLENCE IN THE ATTACK OF THE CAPITOL, TRUMP SUPPORTS ALLOW TTUMP TO SAY THE MOB WAS KISSING AND HUGGING THE POLICE! LYING ABOUT BLM & DISTORTING THE FACTS OF A BLM PROTEST STUDY) / DATA THAT PROVES BLM IS LESS VIOLENT. THERE WERE DEATHS IN BLM PROTESTS, BUT NOT MURDER BY BLM PROTETORS. THERE WAS PROPERTY DESTRUCTION, BUT NOT AT THE CAPITOL. THE TRUMP MOB ATTACK IS ON VIDEO SHOWING THE CAPITOL! WAS ATTACKED VERY VIOLENTLY - PEOPLE SHIT IN THE CAPITOL BUILDING FLOOR! THE MOB KILLED A POLICE! RON JOHNSON, TED CRUZ, MARCO RUBIO, ALL THESE NATIVIST WHITE SUPREMACISTS LIE DAILY ABOUT THE TRUMP MOB. VOTE THEM BACK TO PRIVATE LIFE, OUT OF YOUR GOVERNMENT. VOTE HONEST PEOPLE INTO OFFICE.