sandy10 said:However, in my opinion, Religion causes a huge amount of suffering and misery
Up until recently religion was used to stike "fear" into the common man and keep them "down". Religious leaders were just another kind of "elite" that ruled over the masses and subjugated them.
Thankfully are dependance on religion had broken, the ideals of "love thy neigbour" and "thou shalt not kill" etc. are still important in our society but I honestly don't think they relegion has done as too many favours.
Even now that Catholic Church still forbids contraception that leads to the spread of Aids and unwanted pregnancy, in Africa they are basically condemning people to death in the 21C.
To be honest I have no time for relegion.
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