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Religion is a Mechanism of Social Control, Spirituality is a Search for God & Very few People get this. Do you agree?

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  • 7 years ago

    I agree about religion. Especially when you look at history since for much of humanity for most of history religion and government were one and the same.

    Spirituality is a way to understand the universe and humans place in it. It has proven ineffective at understanding the universe. Scientific materialism has been much more effective for understanding the nature of the universe. A lot of "spiritual" people don't like that since it turns out we are just "a speck on a speck on a speck on a speck" when compared with the vastness and age of the universe. Their ego won't let them accept that reality of humans place in the universe so they persist in beliefs that have no connection to physical reality..

  • Anonymous
    7 years ago

    Baptism removes original sin (Adam and Eve eating the forbidden fruit) and other sins.

    Confession and drinking blood of Jesus remove sins.

    666 is not forgivable; it's leads to permanent hell.

    666 is given with World Passport with no name on it (grey plastic card).

    Also, Police 666 people on highways.

    Food stores 666 people who steal.

    Prisoners (released by homosexual flying gloved pale-faced red-eye antichrist)

    also 666 people.

    So, go hide with Orthodox in Russia or Alaska before it's too late.

    Vyatcheslav Krasheninnikov said that first dinosaur will come out of Volga River.

    So, stay away 500 km from Moscow and no further than Ural mountains

    because Chinese will take over Siberia.

    Don't go into UFO to be healed by demons.

  • Stefan
    Lv 5
    7 years ago

    No. I agree with the definition of religion, since there are so many religions out there and so many beliefs.

    However spirituality is a way of being happy and enjoying life.

    Well depends. Not everyone is spiritual in the same way.

    Source(s): atheist
  • ?
    Lv 7
    7 years ago

    I sort of agree -- Religion is an OBSOLETE method of social control and Spirituality is an OBSOLETE attempt to understand the universe and the place of humanity within it. I'm glad to live in a time where fewer and fewer people are putting their faith in obsolete systems that obviously do not help us to manage our lives any more.

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  • 7 years ago

    There are too many people getting lost in the mechanics of it and not keeping it simple. Just follow Gods will and don't worry of man made labels and methods. Give unto God what is Gods and let man label whatever he wishes however he wishes.

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