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Originally Posted by DirtyWhiteBoy
Religion is a necessary evil.
Imagine the chaos and crimes that would be committed if no one feared their God.
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How do you explain the Scandinavian countries?
Once again, you're common wisdom is flat wrong.
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It also helps those who need to believe in something. If life was meaningless, many would be lost.
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Life is not meaningless to those who have no religion or religious beliefs. You make your own meaning through things like your family, your friends, your work, your hobbies, your community, etc.
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It's the best from of control ever created. Absolutely brilliant.
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I don't know if it the best form of control or not, but I'll agree it is a good form of control. What about government and law?
As a possible evolutionary benefit (or by-product of one), and the fact that it appears universally in some fashion or another, I'm not sure I would characterize it as brilliant.