by The leaders of the Catholic Church hated Liberation Theology with its left-wing roots and so killed it off. After that, the American Pentecostal Church got a foothold in Brazil because of the vacuum left by the Catholic Church.The Brazilian evangelicals are taught to be very right-wing and to praise capitalism and so they vote for Bolsonaro. They may be poor, but they are told they will be rewarded in Heaven one day if they suffer gracefully, that is, don't try to change the system. And they don't worry about deforestation, catastrophic climate change, the end of the world, or world war 3, because they believe Christ will return then and save them, while sending all the rest of us lefties and liberals to our comeuppence to burn in hell for all of eternity. This is the religion of love,
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The Brazilian evangelicals are taught to be very right-wing and to praise capitalism and so they vote for Bolsonaro. They may be poor, but they are told they will be rewarded in Heaven one day if they suffer gracefully, that is, don't try to change the system. And they don't worry about deforestation, catastrophic climate change, the end of the world, or world war 3, because they believe Christ will return then and save them, while sending all the rest of us lefties and liberals to our comeuppence to burn in hell for all of eternity. This is the religion of love, peace, and forgiveness.
How did the ruling elite manage this, well, with lots of money, I guess? They did this in the US too during the 70's, and are now spreading millitant Islam throughout the ME, Russia, and China to destabilise those countries.
Eric Zuesse, the historian and journalist, says how religion has always been used by the elite to control the masses, and to get them to fight in their wars for resources.