(May 4, 2015 at 7:21 pm)IATIA Wrote:(May 4, 2015 at 1:18 am)dahrling Wrote: Were religions invented as a way to keep order, then?Some were and a lot of them may have started off with "good intentions", but once a structure is established and a leader appointed, there will always be the control freak and in the end, most (if not all) religions become controlling organizations. As soon as a religion participates in politics, it is obvious that control is the agenda rather than worship.
The same may be said about any other social subsystem. The role of science is quite similar (to create order out of chaotic data), and the consequences of overrationalization can include a lack of transparency, noninclusive scientific practices that have deleterious social consequences. So this is issue is not in any way restricted to the area of religion.
