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Religion: a tool for the ruling class to keep the population under control?

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Religion: a tool for the ruling class to keep the population under control?
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RE: Religion: a tool for the ruling class to keep the population under control?
June 30, 2016 at 11:38 am
Religion is now a social institution and as such ripe for use as a tool for consolidating political power. That is practically all we see nowadays. But people who think the whole thing was concocted from the get go with that purpose in mind are simply out of touch.
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RE: Religion: a tool for the ruling class to keep the population under control? - by Whateverist - June 30, 2016 at 11:38 am

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