Now Im not saying that it's all a lie (not sure) but it is a perfect way to control people. What better way can you control a society without any physical threat at all? At the same time, how else can you rally your people into doing something productive? All Im saying is that religion is effing genius and Humanity wouldnt survive without it. Although, it may be our downfall. Is my logic wrong?
2007-10-10 17:38:42 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I like your logic, except when you say that humanity wouldn't live without it........ Religion has been the cause for both world wars, the Israel and Palestine war, and the revolutionary war........ plus some more....... to many deaths to be such a good thing.....
2007-10-10 17:50:54 · answer #1 · answered by BB 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Without any physical threat? You must be kidding. Have you not read anything about the history of religion? The Inquisition for starters?
"Millions of innocent men, women, and children, since the introduction of Christianity, have been burned, tortured, fined, and imprisoned, yet we have not advanced one inch toward uniformity. What has been the effect of coercion? To make one half of the world fools and the other half hypocrites." Notes on Virginia by Thomas Jefferson
2007-10-11 00:45:10 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
And what better reward to offer than eternal paradise, or what more terrifying threat that eternal damnation?
2007-10-11 00:42:58 · answer #3 · answered by Pull My Finger 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Genius is purely an act of God. Just ask anybody who is a genius! Many, many great thinkers have said, "I don't know where I came up with that. It was given to me by God."
2007-10-11 00:42:43 · answer #4 · answered by Maximilian Septillion 2 · 1⤊ 3⤋
You're a bit confused. You have to think deeper, you're almost there.
2007-10-11 00:55:24 · answer #5 · answered by Diabzy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you are right.
2007-10-11 00:46:42 · answer #6 · answered by Ive Got Answers 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋