Religious TheorizingLet's say you are a religious person. And let's say that god comes down unto you in a pillar of light and glory and says unto you, "Go and kill everyone in that bar over there, 'cause they've really pissed Me off, and I want them to pay, and I am feeling lazy, and that's what worshippers are for anyway, so go to it."And you, being a worshipful person, assume that this must have some deep significance because god told you to do it, like, one of them will become the next Hitler, or something, when instead it's probably that He caught one of them fantasizing about His girlfriend. So you go and plant explosives In The Name Of The Lord. And the bar does snuff it in His mercy. And then you'll get arrested, and tried, and convicted, and possibly excecuted. The State likes to keep god in His place. Probably why He's so pissy lately.
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