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Originally Posted by thegreenfairy  find the eternal in yourself.
you can't trust a religion itself because it's a large organization
the larger the organization - the greater it's inherit power
power always corrupts
look at what started the great religions - think about the peoples daily lives in that place - and what it would have meant to them - and then form your own conclusions |
Is it, then, always a bad thing to control the masses?
What other than law would stay ones hand in the slaughtering of many if not for religious morals and rules?
Attaining enlightment/immortality in most religions comes at the cost of doing good for others.
I can't say I agree how all religious power is used, but I can say without them life wouldn't particularly be better.