I dunno, I think I see a sign back there. Maybe there’s some tokens just out of sight?

This is fascinating! It’s weird to think about how many times I completely ignored someone attempting to dump a bucket of wisdom about the Church’s lies, only to then think I would somehow be better at that bucket-dumping once I was the one trying to tell people the Church is false.

I lean the other way, in that I think religions have gradually gotten better over the years due to societal pressures. Not great, mind you, just less terrible.

Either way, I totally agree that Christianity (and religion in general) is a plague on humanity. I know not everyone will agree with such a harsh statement, but I struggle to see the good in convincing people to live a lie.

Instead of actually being happy, I remember this distinct culture of everyone pretending to be happier than they really were. After all, living the gospel is the greatest happiness you can have, right? You must be doing something sinful if you’re not happy!

For real. Teaching people to devalue what is likely the only life they’ll get for the sake of some dubious afterlife is the most sinister perversion of delayed gratification that I’ve ever seen. The years of my life I lost to that madness will haunt me forever.

President Nelson originally said this about that “eat, drink, and be merry” line. It’s a pretty lame thing to pick if you’re going to declare something as “one of the most absurd lies in the universe.”

Not sure why the video was unavailable, but it should be back now.