RE: Measels outbreak in Washington sparks vaccination debates... again
February 16, 2019 at 6:40 am
(February 16, 2019 at 1:30 am)fredd bear Wrote:(February 11, 2019 at 9:03 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: If the people in power didn't agree to prop up religion it would have already died out.
Quite possibly. I'm reminded of a Roman saying, I think possibly Epicurus, something like:
"To the people, the gods are real, to the wise man, foolish, to the ruler, useful."
It's no mistake that Christianity at least, has tended to side with the status quo. Well, at least since it became a completely corrupt organisation, around the 4th century when it was made the state religion. It got a taste of power and began killing opponents.That practice continued until the 17th century.
The only reason the practice stopped is because the law stopped it. There is no doubt in my mind that at least some denominations would happily burn people today alive if they could.
To quote my cousins, "There ya go agin, usin' them big words to confuse people."
