Comments on: Ratzinger – 3 years on and? http://www.paddybloggit.com/ratzinger-3-years-on-and/ Paddy Bloggit ~ The Voice of the Irish People Wed, 25 Aug 2010 16:24:23 +0000 hourly 1 By: Thriftcriminal http://www.paddybloggit.com/ratzinger-3-years-on-and/comment-page-1/#comment-222 Thriftcriminal Sat, 19 Apr 2008 08:17:09 +0000 http://www.paddybloggit.com/?p=224#comment-222 Monotheistic religion seems to have evolved into a very effective method of "manufacturing consent". At least with a pantheon you could have: "Odin says eating pork is evil" "Yeah, well Thor says it's fine and fucking dandy, so try our new spicy sausages" "While we're discussing it Loki says economic growth should be our goal" Everyone: "Fuck off Loki" I shall probably stick to being an a la carte catholic despite leaning towards Taoism. Monotheistic religion seems to have evolved into a very effective method of “manufacturing consent”. At least with a pantheon you could have:

“Odin says eating pork is evil”

“Yeah, well Thor says it’s fine and fucking dandy, so try our new spicy sausages”

“While we’re discussing it Loki says economic growth should be our goal”

Everyone: “Fuck off Loki”

I shall probably stick to being an a la carte catholic despite leaning towards Taoism.

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