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I'm watching Apocalypse in the Tropics documentary on Netflix about evangelicals and politics in Brazil and it's mind boggling. Why do the religious people just blindly do whatever the pastors tell them?

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[–] Openopenopenopen@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

South Park sang it best.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Hm3mDatFpNE

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He found the stones and golden plates (Dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb) Even though nobody else ever saw them (Dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb)

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Martin went home to his wife (Dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb) And showed her pages from the Book of Mormon (Dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb)

Lucy Harris smart smart smart (Smart smart smart smart smart)

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