i agree with you, i think religions of past have been invented to give people guidence in their lives, they are stories told to gullible children to help them understand right and wrong.
however undoubtedly in recent times religion is used as a method of control. if you take Islam as an example, the overriding factor which influences this religion is that all of its members must try and convert at least one person in their lives. why is this so? because eventually if this came to fruition then the whole world would be muslim. this is the goal. this is why people go on a 'holy jihad' against 'unbelievers'.
if the whole world was muslim then everyone would have the same agenda, and in some sense i guess there would be peace. or at least the kind of peace which islam wants. in fact it shouldnt really be called peace, just mind control.
so yeah, for me religion exists ONLY to control, as islam's overall goal proves.
however undoubtedly in recent times religion is used as a method of control. if you take Islam as an example, the overriding factor which influences this religion is that all of its members must try and convert at least one person in their lives. why is this so? because eventually if this came to fruition then the whole world would be muslim. this is the goal. this is why people go on a 'holy jihad' against 'unbelievers'.
if the whole world was muslim then everyone would have the same agenda, and in some sense i guess there would be peace. or at least the kind of peace which islam wants. in fact it shouldnt really be called peace, just mind control.
so yeah, for me religion exists ONLY to control, as islam's overall goal proves.
