The Development of Organized Religion

[AnunZi]

You need to stop your citizens from murdering each other.

Not Constantine's motivation at all ( he was quite a murderer himself.) However, if you look at it as political payback to a group which supported him in the civil war then you have your answer as to why xtianity got started.

But 'organized religion' far pre-dates xtianity. The Egyptians and Sumerians were quite organized.

I just used Constantine/Christianity as an example as its one most people today are familiar with. It can be applied to any organised religion.

I just look at what most religions seem to teach and the obivious reason (to me, just opinion ofc) is that it was purley about population control.