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(c) Kuzmich
Holy business
or
Let's double the average amount of noodles on individual ears!
"Catch a fish, big and small"
I
All religions, in one way or another, are involved in organizing escape from
reality - either to another, better reality, or in general
into nothing - depending on the life philosophy of the audience. Sort of
tourism business. You come to the office (church, synagogue,
meeting, temple, datsan and those where they try to foist you
a trip to the land of sweetsgingerbread-and-Coca-Cola-for-free.
Payment - with your head. I mean, the heads of cattle are becoming
more by 1, and who has the largest herd (remember Christian
parables), the cooler one...
You can, in principle, rush there as a savage - its advantages
there are - but it’s hard: you need to build your own picture of the world,
to invent philosophy with elements of religion... In an organized
It’s easier for a group, but more expensive and without leaving the guide.
The issue of advertising is very relevant here. Who is the more effective barker?
and presents a more interesting cultural program - that’s why the client
knocks down Hence the temples, impressive rituals, missionaries and
multi-color printed products. So for everyone
needs and abilities accordingly. And that's all I
I wondered why this meeting of Jehovah's Witnesses was for me
Herbalife reminds... After all, the basis of both is the same
it’s a banal pyramid - cam got involved - get the next one in. Network
marketing, so to speak.
As Jesus said to one of the fishermen: “You will be fishers of souls.”
human." How's the phrase? Nothing captures the meaning more fully
religions. Not as hunters, but as buyers. As usual, different
degree of honesty - in the sense of the quality of spiritual services provided
breads andspectacle.
There is a market of its own with supply and demand, c
division of spheres of influence, not always by “spiritual” methods. How to
In any market, old proven companies stand out from competition:
The Orthodox Church, for example. A good old office with a solid
reputation. And the young shoots are not far behind. Always around the world
religions, sects have multiplied and multiplied, and now, in the age of developed
media, they grow like mushrooms after rain.
Everything is blamed on the Devil. He says, among others
nasty things, hunting for souls. Lies. An attempt to hug...
competitor. It’s just that he has a popular product: hits, bestsellers and
other China and Poland. If on equal terms, I would crush
clergymen. So they took action against the competitor. Why
Was the Inquisition still working?
So when going to any “holy place”, hold on tight to
pocket and demand a certificate of quality, which is equal to a license for
trade in this product. Because there are tons of “fishers of human souls”
divorced. And the supply is limited - more and more on TV
watching "Santa-Simply-Wild Tropicana". Nowadays there is a dealer for anyone
distributor!
IILet's return to the biblical analogy: "fishers of human souls."
As you know, to catch something with a fishing rod, you need
appropriate bait, a worm, which makes the image of the hook much more
more attractive to fish. To capture souls you need
the corresponding bait is your own tasty worm. As much as possible
universal. So that it would be to the taste of the vast majority. For
religion, and especially sects, treating each one differently
individually, focus on the masses.
Because: for everyone there is such a tasty piece of worm
meat, which, if you believe in the reality of its receipt,
will make this particular one swallow the "spiritual"
a cunningly bent (you can't pull it out) hook on a strong fishing line.
This requires two things: firstly, to know who needs what, and
secondly, convince the crucian carp of the reality of getting a worm.
a.
Let's focus on the first one. "...what do you need..." Immortals
lines of a certain ensemble. But the majority need the same thing. First
in fact, of course, there are various benefits, material, coupled with nature,
the climate is peaceful and warm, and also not polluted by waste
civilization. Conditions in general. Next, physical and
spiritual shit. Family - for adults andchildren - happiness.
So we get a delicious bopma. And if all this buzz
continues forever and even under the wise leadership of Pope Jehovah
(so that there is no need to make camomy decisions) then
the attractiveness of the bait exceeds any probability. It seems like
Danissimo yogurt in advertising.
However, every rule has its exceptions. There are
gourmets who don’t like it, or don’t like worms, or in general
vegetarians. So it turns out that this kind of comrades, God does not
able to offer ANYTHING from what is on the menu. Either
You’ve already eaten too much, or the menu doesn’t provide for such a worm. But
These are just exceptions, and religion, I repeat, works c
rule.
b.
Let's move on to the second question. Like this bkychoctb in
Give a shiny package to a pike gudgeon? In other words, how can
an individual, who is a person, to believe in his worm's reality?
And not just believing, but seeing your worm in the picture
color foreign printing, feel the
aroma, lick your lips in anticipation of a future treat?
In principle, it's not that difficult. Against the background of the vile
in reality, in front of fear slowlyapproaching death
you will believe any convincingly expressed promise of the bright
future. But these are still few promises. And when on every corner in
Paradise is showing the way, and for some reason everyone is going in different directions,
here you can't help but think.
Well, I already wrote about advertising. But here is the poster and booklet stage
passed, the curious person came to the next meeting
spiritual organization and looks at what they are doing here. Okay
dressed and well-mannered uncles and aunts will tell emy about the worm, o
methods of obtaining it and who provides it to them (absolutely
free!) such bkychoctb.
Although at first it looks hypothetical. But little by little
listening to the reward awaiting you after the Big Khryapa,
an inquisitive comrade begins to believe in it. "I believe because
what you want to believe." Tasty. And here plays an important role
the god who is shown to our neophyte. In practice this
means that God, from the cold and distant Absolute, is completely
inaccessible to understanding, make it strict, but fair and
those who love their creations, Uncle Sam, who promise good things
behavior and standing on the hind legs with wagging tail, caxapok in
as a place in five-star Paradise at the expense of the company.
Let's delve a little deeper into the insolent dregsreality. If God
real - that is, in harmony with letter and spirit
reality, then they would rather have something completely inaccessible
human understanding and something indifferent to us. Anyway
case, at the level of concern for the morality of a particular individual.
Will such a god be accepted by the suffering and thirsty? To whom and in
life sucks enough. No. This thing will be redone
a person in his own image and likeness. In accordance with
social order. And instead of a real God (of course, if
admit that he exists at all), a god will arise, IN WHICH
I WANT TO BELIEVE. Good Jehovah.
And so, such a kind, loving God promises you what you
want more than anything. Am. Sieli. The hook is swallowed. And then - on
What comes to the fore is what God requires of you, from the point of view
adherents of the religion or sect where you happen to find yourself. For
you have to pay for everything: for a tasty worm you pay with the steel of a hook
stomach. This is how the fish ends up in the frying pan.
What's tastier than fried fish? Only a fried sinner! Joke.
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