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4-Aneurysm t1_jdy91wx wrote

Reply to comment by Calamitous_Stars in Police chief says exorcism and prayer used to fight crime and cartels in Colombia: "The existence of the devil is certain" by ChocolateTsar

What an actual waste of time. Believe whatever you want, but take actual steps don't fool yourself into thinking " thoughts and prayers " are going to do a damn thing.

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Calamitous_Stars t1_jdy9o3p wrote

Eh, you'd be surprised when it comes to communities with strong cultural values.. latin america tends to value interpersonal familial relationships higher than the average westerners and religion spreads through families. (Source: am Latin American immigrant raised in the U.S. 1st generation, raised catholic too hah!)

Like i said, ik it's popular to hate on christianity, but in this scenario, it's not as crazy as jim jones or scientology b.s. it's more of a cultural thing, you can't really blame them for having their culture mixed with catholicism.

I mean, you can blame them, but that'd just be because you're being willfully ignorant.

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4-Aneurysm t1_jdybe6b wrote

Yea, can't blame them for for cultural superstition. Plenty here in the US. Just do your job, and take steps to actually address the problems. Mass shootings lead to hypocrites sending "thoughts and prayers " then voting for NRA ass holes who do everything possible to perpetuate the problem. Just tell us you don't give a f and spare us the invisible companions.

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Calamitous_Stars t1_jdycvgo wrote

Yeah, the NRA is very different from literal drug cartels- so it's understable how one could confuse lessening the psychological grip a cartel holds over an area with •checks notes• United States political theatre..

Like, this is one of the good parts of religion: comforting people in dire situations..

Colombia cartels are globally funded.. the drug trade there is not just local dealers..

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Mod_Accountability t1_je0154m wrote

> comforting people in dire situations..

That's not what this article is about...

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Calamitous_Stars t1_je02dd6 wrote

You replied to me 3 times, you're not calm enough to have a discussion- and information can exist outside of a single article?

I mean, you could just admit you dont understand other cultures and how other groups could be heavily influenced by their local religion?

I mean, you're not even in colombia and you've heard about this guy's prayers.. it's doing something- look up more about the colombian cartel until you can recognize it's a globally funded criminal organization that commands enough force to basically exist tactically unopposed when their enemy is just local police.

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Mod_Accountability t1_je012r8 wrote

> but that'd just be because you're being willfully ignorant.

Or because they're wasting money on useless bullshit that has zero affect on the situation.

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Calamitous_Stars t1_je0kq6x wrote

Affect is a verb, effect is the noun

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