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Former Green Bay Packers Quarterback Aaron Rodgers Suggests Religion Is Used To Manipulate People (wisportsheroics.com)

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[–] [email protected] 73 points 5 months ago (4 children)

IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN USED TO MANIPULATE PEOPLE! That’s all it has ever been. It’s used to hold power over people by preying on their fear of the unknown.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Naw, not only manipulation. It's also poor man's philosophy. Humans like to have an answer for the big questions wether they know wtf they're saying or not. I think something like religion is inevitable with the absence of explanations.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

It’s used to hold power over people

Yes. It’s used by the rich to make people into stooges to do their bidding.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

And burning them at the stake if they didn't do as told.

It's about power.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Can You bring it down a notch. We're all right here.