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Is Religion a tool?

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Is Religion a tool?
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RE: Is Religion a tool?
December 5, 2010 at 11:18 am (This post was last modified: December 5, 2010 at 11:39 am by Welsh cake.)
Metaphorically speaking yes, but religion is not an actual instrument or interface in the broadest sense although it does have its uses and benefits for some people.

Now, if you want to create legions of mindless obedient sheep who'll willingly hand over their life savings to further your cause, religion can be quite useful indeed, but to be fair, the whole "god" aspect is unnecessarily redundant to achieving this end, writing a load of Harry Potter novels seems to have the same effect. Thinking
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Is Religion a tool? - by Marx - December 5, 2010 at 10:41 am
RE: Is Religion a tool? - by Paul the Human - December 5, 2010 at 11:05 am
RE: Is Religion a tool? - by Marx - December 5, 2010 at 11:36 am
RE: Is Religion a tool? - by Rwandrall - December 8, 2010 at 2:22 pm
RE: Is Religion a tool? - by Anomalocaris - December 8, 2010 at 2:42 pm
RE: Is Religion a tool? - by Rwandrall - December 8, 2010 at 4:04 pm
RE: Is Religion a tool? - by Welsh cake - December 5, 2010 at 11:18 am
RE: Is Religion a tool? - by Paul the Human - December 5, 2010 at 11:26 am
RE: Is Religion a tool? - by Marx - December 5, 2010 at 11:41 am
RE: Is Religion a tool? - by Welsh cake - December 5, 2010 at 11:38 am
RE: Is Religion a tool? - by Paul the Human - December 5, 2010 at 11:51 am
RE: Is Religion a tool? - by Anomalocaris - December 5, 2010 at 1:32 pm
RE: Is Religion a tool? - by Minimalist - December 5, 2010 at 2:56 pm
RE: Is Religion a tool? - by Welsh cake - December 6, 2010 at 4:35 pm
RE: Is Religion a tool? - by Marx - December 6, 2010 at 4:40 pm
RE: Is Religion a tool? - by downbeatplumb - December 8, 2010 at 3:51 pm
RE: Is Religion a tool? - by Anomalocaris - December 8, 2010 at 6:26 pm
RE: Is Religion a tool? - by Anomalocaris - December 6, 2010 at 4:38 pm
RE: Is Religion a tool? - by lilyannerose - December 6, 2010 at 4:57 pm
RE: Is Religion a tool? - by Marx - December 6, 2010 at 5:02 pm
RE: Is Religion a tool? - by lilyannerose - December 7, 2010 at 9:30 am
RE: Is Religion a tool? - by LastPoet - December 7, 2010 at 6:21 am
RE: Is Religion a tool? - by Anomalocaris - December 7, 2010 at 6:34 am
RE: Is Religion a tool? - by paintpooper - December 8, 2010 at 2:48 pm
RE: Is Religion a tool? - by padraic - December 8, 2010 at 3:47 pm
RE: Is Religion a tool? - by Paul the Human - December 8, 2010 at 6:21 pm
RE: Is Religion a tool? - by Rwandrall - December 8, 2010 at 6:36 pm
RE: Is Religion a tool? - by Paul the Human - December 8, 2010 at 6:54 pm
RE: Is Religion a tool? - by Rwandrall - December 8, 2010 at 9:09 pm
RE: Is Religion a tool? - by Minimalist - December 8, 2010 at 6:55 pm
RE: Is Religion a tool? - by Nitsuj - December 8, 2010 at 6:59 pm
RE: Is Religion a tool? - by padraic - December 8, 2010 at 10:47 pm
RE: Is Religion a tool? - by HigherLvlofThinking - December 8, 2010 at 9:15 pm
RE: Is Religion a tool? - by Rwandrall - December 8, 2010 at 9:27 pm
RE: Is Religion a tool? - by Autumnlicious - December 9, 2010 at 12:38 am
RE: Is Religion a tool? - by theVOID - December 9, 2010 at 1:17 am
RE: Is Religion a tool? - by Anomalocaris - December 10, 2010 at 2:18 pm
RE: Is Religion a tool? - by hellfire - December 10, 2010 at 6:32 pm
RE: Is Religion a tool? - by Lethe - December 10, 2010 at 1:19 pm

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