God's warriors
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Religion was created to explain where we came from and where we are going.
hotroddy
(Aug 27 07, 23:49)Nah. IMHO spiritual practices were invented so people can deal with things like "Yo, my buddy was just alive and now, after this giant saber toothed tiger ripped his head off he's not talking to me. WTF??!!"
Religion was invented when someone realized they could use said spiritual practices to lord it over the rubes by holding a monopoly on what to do when you're buds head was ripped off by said saber tooth tiger, and backed it up with some sorta social punishment.
"See, we're going to bury your buddy's body like this see, and you're going to pay us to do it, you know, correctly. And if you don't pay us we'll exile you out of the community or kill you just straight away, whatever's easier. Dig?"