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Originally Posted by $5 submissions
Agreed. THE SUREST WAY TO STRENGTHEN RELIGION s to PERSECUTE IT. Just look at history.
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It's proven constantly with cults who are centered on some beleif that will happen on a certain day or whatever which does not materialize. it never causes the dissolution of the cult... and usually triggers growth.
A prime example of this is the creation of Seventh Day Adventist Church/William Smith.
A religion can grow and thrive based on absolutely absurd premises such as the Mormons/Joseph Smith or Jehovahs Witnesses (who still believe the earth is only 6000 years old and dinosaurs never existed).