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[leftyladyfrommo]

55. You don't know that it is a scam.

That's just your own belief. Granted some of the religous groups that have developed have been scams. But that doesn't mean they all are.

Societies going clear back to the dawn of time have had religion. All societies have them. There has to be an important reason for that. They have to play a very important role in the development of culture.

It might be that people just need to feel they have some kind of control in this totally unpredictable world. This world is a really scary place.

It could be that in order to have any kind of society you need to have a strong moral code. Religion provides the moral code that makes society work.

It could be that the mystics were just right. There is more to this world than can be seen or felt with human eyes and ears. I am in that camp.

You can argue religion until the cows come home but there is no way to prove or disprove it.

It certainly doesn't hurt to honor other people's beliefs.