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Originally Posted by onwebcam
Let's make this simple for everyone. Around 2000 years ago we had a group of people that got together to make a story of how we all got here (for control purposes). There were certain people within that group that said "Hey lets make up a story which makes us look good" so what you get is the bible and eventually other modern day religions. "Fairy tales" which for the most part are all made up and passed down generation through generation for at least 6500 years is what we have now. When the reality is it's similar but much different.
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Depending on what you really mean, I don't know if "for control purposes" is the right way to look at it.
It appears to me that religion was our first attempt at organizing society, before we had institutions of law, government, etc.
It may have been evolutionarily advantageous, like our sweet tooth. Perhaps more beneficial in the past than the present.