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Atheists & Agnostics

awoke_in_2003

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13. Regardless of what early ideas caused the formation of religion...

Reply to husserl49 (Reply #5)

Sat Jan 14, 2012, 11:28 PM

Jan 2012

people caught on that it could be used to control people. There is a reason that nobility embraced religion, because religion can be used to control the masses.

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Religion: History's very first panopticon. [View all] backscatter712 Jan 2012 OP

The New Testament invented thought-crime. laconicsax Jan 2012 #1

? greyl Jan 2012 #2

Very true. Look at the Ten Commandments... backscatter712 Jan 2012 #3

You're right. My mistake. laconicsax Jan 2012 #4

Disdain manipulates too. husserl49 Jan 2012 #5

Semantics manipulates too AlbertCat Jan 2012 #6

Organizations organize husserl49 Jan 2012 #8

What do you think of Pat Robertson? FiveGoodMen Jan 2012 #9

Organized religion is simply not ancient government. AlbertCat Jan 2012 #14

Religion probably pre-dates literacy... rexcat Jan 2012 #7

negation of religion is also an ideology lindysalsagal Jan 2012 #11

What's this "negation of religion" you refer to? EvolveOrConvolve Jan 2012 #12

Regardless of what early ideas caused the formation of religion... awoke_in_2003 Jan 2012 #13

I think you're right. Deep13 Jan 2012 #10