[Bayou]

I did imply that religion was a control tool. I just didnt say it in as explicit terms as you. ;)</span><blockquote><span class="smallfont">Quote:</span><hr size="1" />Originally Posted by (bayou)
Religion is at it's most dangerous when it is "Organised Religion" which by definition would be the act of organising as the service of god or the supernatural, and because their is only one god, all must follow the rule of one.<hr size="1" /></blockquote><span class='postcolor'> an organisation that only follows one word of a a supreme being, that in which the supreme being only speaks through "a select few" is inherently prone to abuse through this absolute power.

That is were most native religions diverge from Western and Middle Eastern religions, spirituality was not seperate from existence(like Heavan and hell in western/ME theology), all laws were for survival purposes.
Though to be fair, you could imagine that many laws and morals from the bibleor Koran could have originaly had useful survival purposes too, but as the doctrine became written in stone and only certain people could interpret gods words, then came the manipulation of the masses on every social scale.
Very efficient yes, Very destructive, indeed.