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Originally Posted by wig
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.
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What if it were still in practice today?
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