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Bring_Back_Shantz · 10-28-2004, 10:11 AM

No, Religion is, in part, a way for us to try to explain what we don't understand. Can bad things happen because of it? Sure (see the Crusades, and Fundamentalist terrorists), but does that mean that it is a bad thing? No. I won't aruge that yes, it has been used as a way to control people in the past, but that is not the underlying purpose for it. I'm not really religious, but I understand that religion (whatever religion you beleive in) is based on ideals for how people should live thier lives, the small details are not always the same, but in general, the bigger concepts are pretty close. Religions are pretty much roadmaps to how people should treat each other, but that doesn't mean they are a way to control people.

10-28-2004, 10:11 AM	#77
Bring_Back_Shantz Franchise Player Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: In my office, at the Ministry of Awesome! Exp:	No, Religion is, in part, a way for us to try to explain what we don't understand. Can bad things happen because of it? Sure (see the Crusades, and Fundamentalist terrorists), but does that mean that it is a bad thing? No. I won't aruge that yes, it has been used as a way to control people in the past, but that is not the underlying purpose for it. I'm not really religious, but I understand that religion (whatever religion you beleive in) is based on ideals for how people should live thier lives, the small details are not always the same, but in general, the bigger concepts are pretty close. Religions are pretty much roadmaps to how people should treat each other, but that doesn't mean they are a way to control people. __________________ THE SHANTZ WILL RISE AGAIN. <-----Check the Badge bitches. You want some Awesome, you come to me!