Religious Organisations being allowed to prey on the weak

Cabaal · 26-09-2016 11:02am #1

So off the back of John Oliver's video which is obviously US-centric (see below)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7y1xJAVZxXg

One has ask why a similar type of crap is allowing in Ireland, see http://www.broadsheet.ie/2016/09/26/snake-oil/

Must get me in on this religion stuff. Great business. Saw this in the Swords Gazette. Preying on the vulnerable to make cash or a genuine, if deluded, attempt to help folk?

Ultimately this advert is a long game to con people out of money and their personal information (so they can be sent more cons)

Harry Browne · 26-09-2016 11:08am

Cabaal wrote: »

Ultimately this advert is a long game to con people out of money and their personal information (so they can be sent more cons)

I'm guessing you have proof of this, not sure why you haven't posted the proof yet though. Go for it.

magicbastarder · 26-09-2016 11:09am

note that the ad makes no claims about medical benefits for the oil. so there's nothing actionable in the ad.

Zillah · 26-09-2016 3:04pm

magicbastarder wrote: »

note that the ad makes no claims about medical benefits for the oil. so there's nothing actionable in the ad.

They're careful not to make any explicit claims, but there is a very strong implication that the oil will help you defeat cancer.

gctest50 · 26-09-2016 3:11pm

Cabaal wrote: »

So off the back of John Oliver's video which is obviously US-centric (see below)..........

One has ask why a similar type of crap is allowing in Ireland,

That's this shower :

https://irelanduckg.wordpress.com/

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gctest50 · 26-09-2016 3:17pm

Ah, they moved :

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Walter H Price · 26-09-2016 3:30pm

i was at a funeral the other day , first time in a very long while i've been to any religious service ... I get that people need comforting at a time of loss etc ... but all that kept going through my head while the priest was doing his thing was h, how is anybody still buying into this crap.

The constant references to things so far removed from modern life really registered with , the constant sheep references ( the lord is my Shepard , The Shepard and the valley of the shadow of death , the lamb of God , the flock like ffs how is anyone relating to that.

at the end when he finished and said my gran aunt would be greeted at the gates of the new Jarusalem by all the angels and saints again all i could think was how is the new f**king Jerusalem relevant to anyone here literally no one had been to the current jarusalem ... For the first time ever it actually got on my nerves usually i just go mumble and play the old Simon says stand kneel sit shake hands etc... but the other day it actually just irritated me start to finish

ScumLord · 26-09-2016 4:30pm

Walter H Price wrote: »

i was at a funeral the other day , first time in a very long while i've been to any religious service ... I get that people need comforting at a time of loss etc ... but all that kept going through my head while the priest was doing his thing was h, how is anybody still buying into this crap.

The constant references to things so far removed from modern life really registered with , the constant sheep references ( the lord is my Shepard , The Shepard and the valley of the shadow of death , the lamb of God , the flock like ffs how is anyone relating to that.

at the end when he finished and said my gran aunt would be greeted at the gates of the new Jarusalem by all the angels and saints again all i could think was how is the new f**king Jerusalem relevant to anyone here literally no one had been to the current jarusalem ... For the first time ever it actually got on my nerves usually i just go mumble and play the old Simon says stand kneel sit shake hands etc... but the other day it actually just irritated me start to finish

Funerals are religion at it's best, a focal point for everyone to come together and support the bereaved. And at it's worst, using the opportunity to promote the agenda of the church.

Funerals are still one of the services that keep people coming back to the church.

gctest50 · 26-09-2016 5:34pm

trying to get them young :

domain: youthpower.ie

registration: 07-June-2013
renewal: 07-June-2017
holder-type: Charitable

person: Pastor Osvaldo

loyatemu · 26-09-2016 5:43pm

re: funerals; religion is mostly about community - I think a lot of people don't fully believe the supernatural crap (though they probably do believe in some sort of afterlife).

That ad is a scam and a disgrace though - Louis Theroux's Scientology movie won't get a release because of the blasphemy laws, but this sort of crap is in many regional papers and all over Facebook - great little country.

Hotblack Desiato · 26-09-2016 8:43pm

All religions prey on the weak. Why do you think they got involved in hospitals or schools or 'missionary work' ?

recedite · 26-09-2016 9:20pm

magicbastarder wrote: »

note that the ad makes no claims about medical benefits for the oil. so there's nothing actionable in the ad.

Misrepresentation?
It's described as olive oil, but it looks more like snake oil to me.

magicbastarder · 26-09-2016 10:51pm

i would be very wary about any law strong enough to take action on the ad above.
that said, i'm somewhat bemused by the notion of someone anointing their workplace. it'd be great fun to claim you'd a right not to work in a workplace that had been anointed in the 'wrong' faith, until it was religiously fumigated. whatever that might entail.