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(...you know...kind of a whole "control mechanism" sort'a thing)


You've hit the nail on the head Dwight,all religions as we know them today were set up and supported by the ruling or upper class to keep the peasants under control.

They instilled in the peasants that the "next life" would be better and that the more they suffered in this life the better the next life would be.

Of course and they wrote the laws to benefit themselves. But that is kind of a different bend on this subject however it is the one that sticks in my craw the most how religion has been used forever. Whether it is blowing up people because they want to determine their own destiny or warping the truths to brainwash the masses it is hypocracy any way you look at it.