Re:Ask HN: What is your spiritual practice?
by kirse on Monday December 27, 2021 @12:35PM
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Growing a religion (or a movement) through bribery is an ancient practice.
Of course, and there's always an element of corruption in modern churches that needs to be guarded against. That said, wrt Christianity the early disciples were often broke/homeless, all of them ended up without a dime in their pockets and most were gruesomely executed:
Of course, and there's always an element of corruption in modern churches that needs to be guarded against. That said, wrt Christianity the early disciples were often broke/homeless, all of them ended up without a dime in their pockets and most were gruesomely executed:
https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/m7tiq6/what_happen...
If money was the core element of growth, you'd figure the jig would be up just before the flaying & beheading, right?