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GGG · 01-26-2009, 08:02 PM

I think that one of the most important parts of religion in modern society is that it keeps people in social groups outside of work. Throughout our youth we go to school and keep having these forced social interactions. I realize that this continues at work but at work you generally are down to a much smaller group that you interact with. As you age the number of people you interact with diminishes. We can talk all we want about our 100 facebook friends but in truth as we age we become increasingly isolated. Technology has made us less and less dependant on community and real social interactions. Religion is just one of many outlets that get people together and therefore true or not religion in a free society has a great benifit for those that choose it.

For those who continually see the negatives of religion remember that if it didn't exist people would find other methods of maintaining power. Communism worked very well as a religion free method of controlling the poor and other techniques would have evolved if religion hadn't proven so effective.

In my opinion it is not religion or a decline in the amount of religion that has led to an increase in our prosperity but it is actually the oppisite as scarcity has decreased the need for the poor to have hope aka religion has decrease as there are fewer poor. As well the rich can become rich and still provide a fair standard of living for the masses so they don't need to subjugate their populations.

Those are just some ramblings I thought of while reading through the thread.

01-26-2009, 08:02 PM	#168
GGG Franchise Player Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: California Exp:	I think that one of the most important parts of religion in modern society is that it keeps people in social groups outside of work. Throughout our youth we go to school and keep having these forced social interactions. I realize that this continues at work but at work you generally are down to a much smaller group that you interact with. As you age the number of people you interact with diminishes. We can talk all we want about our 100 facebook friends but in truth as we age we become increasingly isolated. Technology has made us less and less dependant on community and real social interactions. Religion is just one of many outlets that get people together and therefore true or not religion in a free society has a great benifit for those that choose it. For those who continually see the negatives of religion remember that if it didn't exist people would find other methods of maintaining power. Communism worked very well as a religion free method of controlling the poor and other techniques would have evolved if religion hadn't proven so effective. In my opinion it is not religion or a decline in the amount of religion that has led to an increase in our prosperity but it is actually the oppisite as scarcity has decreased the need for the poor to have hope aka religion has decrease as there are fewer poor. As well the rich can become rich and still provide a fair standard of living for the masses so they don't need to subjugate their populations. Those are just some ramblings I thought of while reading through the thread.