(July 25, 2013 at 8:43 pm)Maelstrom Wrote: The Eden story of being punished for attaining knowledge seems quite the fitting comparison to illiterate humanity who should simply believe as the church teaches rather than question divine authority. For to question is to gain knowledge and thereby realize faith is based on nothing more than mere ignorance. After all, what better way to keep followers than to instill fear of disobeying?
The writers of the Unholy Babble knew precisely what they were doing in terms of enslaving mankind with religion.
That is precisely why Rick Santorum urged the states to stop funding public universities: They teach people to think, rather than have faith in something they can't see or speak to.