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Originally Posted by Mason C.
Here's an interesting conversation. Was Religion made to control people?
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I don't think it was made to control people, but is used to control people. Various leaders saw that religion could be used to manipulate and self-govern people. So, they took advantage of that.
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Originally Posted by Mason C.
However, Religion can be used to control people. Prime example, The Republican Party, but that also goes into what I'm about to say.
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While a lot of religious people are republican, I don't think it's fair to claim that they are being manipulated to be republican. Go to the Midwest. Michigan, Pennsylvania, etc. Christianity as a whole is becoming VERY social and moving to the left as a whole. Look at people like Shane Caiborne and other prominent religious leaders all moving to the left. In fact, when I was in Michigan, almost everyone believed in god and was democrat.
You could argue that democrats target young atheists. And a lot of them fall prey to it because of our two-party system, or they just don't care. The reason for this is because the educational system is liberal and has a strong left-leaning. Kids then are raised thinking that the left is the more intelligent side because they'll tend to agree with teachers.
I'm not republican but I think claiming republicans use religion to manipulate is false. I think many republicans are just raised religious and stay that way.