• bionicjoey@lemmy.ca
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    8 months ago

    are not designed to target the poor and encourage them to tithe so that money can be funneled upwards to the leader

    Are you suggesting that religion is designed? Because it isn’t. It arises naturally from human curiosity about the universe.

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      8 months ago

      No, science arises naturally from human curiosity about the universe. Religion arises from human desire to control others and accumulate wealth, as demonstrated by every religion ever created.

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        8 months ago

        That’s the kind of thing I would expect someone to say if they formed an opinion about religion without ever really learning anything about any religions other than maybe the one they were raised with.

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          8 months ago

          I’m very familiar with several forms of Christianity, as well as some early Jewish traditions and a bit of Islam, and let’s not forget various forms of Eastern religions, and of course my favorite, Wicca and Paganism. Any time a religion formalizes and creates a hierarchy, it always leads to funneling money and power to the leaders.

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            8 months ago

            The majority of the religions you mentioned there are decentralized and don’t have a hierarchy. Yet you claimed religions are always invented with the sole purpose of controlling the masses.

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        8 months ago

        Bud, religion GAVE us science. Most religions are old a shit and are basically the precursors to science as scholars back in the day were funded by the church.