Quote:I mean, do the religious authorities expect to get any benefit out of this after they're already dead?
Rayaan, I refuse to believe that you are that dense.
It has NOTHING to do with any after life. It is to control them HERE and NOW.
Remember the words of Thomas Jefferson:
"In every country and in every age, the priest has been hostile to liberty. He is always in alliance with the despot, abetting his abuses in return for protection of his own"."
Just substitute imam or ayatollah for priest in your case.