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Originally Posted by Swedish goalie
wjmurray you sound like and smart well educated man, but I think you forgett to mention one important thing about religion that it in most cases was created for money and power. most cults and religions starts that a self prenounced messias says that he is the leader and so on. Everyone needs to listen to him and give him money, sex etc. That is what disturbs me most about religion and cults.
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I understand this completely. I have often said that the first religion was probably founded by the laziest person in the community. He thought up a great story and told it to whomever would listen. That story involved and explanation of death and what happens, what you have to do in order to live on after death having a good time (give the lazy guy $$$ and food and do whatever he tells them to do) and what happens if you don't buy into his story (eternal suffering after his followers killed your rear end.)
Religion only serves one purpose - to enrich those too lazy to actually be productive members of society. Instead they go off and preech a myth and demand money and obedience to appease their gods. It's the ultimate con game and it's sad that people still buy into it.