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Politics : Evolution
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To: TigerPaw who wrote (60105)10/14/2014 10:03:40 AM
From: Solon  Read Replies (1) of 69300
 
"I have always (or at least since about college) thought that spirituality was a technique some people use to keep their sanity when they realize that everyone dies."

Of course, that is so. Unfortunately, when people deal with their fears in an irrational way, they become vulnerable to those shysters and charlatans who will offer to assuage those fears in exchange for donations and service of various sorts--everything from animal sacrifices to tithes to Holy Warriors. This was the beginning of the Priesthood: The threats of torture in the "afterlife", unless strict obedience and conformity was followed. And if this did not work...the reality of punishment in this life. There were always those who said, "we don't believe your stories and we don't believe you." Well, the church (and by "the church" I currently address all the brokers selling shares to heaven) had an answer for them, too. It still does...
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