Reply #46: Religion is a tool of oppression. [View All]

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That is not to say that people's spiritual yearnings are tools of oppression. It simply means that these yearnings are systematically manipulated, and always have been, by organized religion to keep the power elite on top, and the rest of us down.

Nobody needs organized religion to express his spirituality. However, the power elite needs religion to crush you. This is why the Founding Fathers were so insistent about keeping religion out of government. Perhaps, they thought, by keeping it away from the levers of power, it could be tamed to serve people's spritual needs. Frankly, I doubt it.