The reason religion is so powerful

[Pat Mustard]

Life after death, for example, is exclusive to religion. No political ideology promises you heaven after death. Religion tells you you will meet your parents after death, and reunite. No political ideology promises this.

And what's so dangerous about the idea of an afterlife? Actually, it's more dangerous to think that there is none, that the likes of Hitler will go unpunished. Materialism is the backbone of all fascist and communist ideologies, which are responsible for two world wars... so far.

Jam tomorrow. That's what's so dangerous. Or if you want to put it in more academic terms, opium of the masses.