Re: OT - I may be in the minority


Barbara Carlson Wrote:
All of this is interesting and true, and just strengthens my own believe
that most religions in their extreme are simply a device for
maintaining
power over the people. All of those things you cite involve political
controls more than religious--religion is just the means to justify the
ends.

Barb C.
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Is it similar to a certain ideology's belief that ----

"Religion is the opium of the people?"



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