so , you agree that "religion" does CONTROL human behavior & thinking by its various rules via the commandments and other doctrines. ???
Religion controls peoples minds in many ways , and uses fear tactics ( threats of going to some place called hell) to ensure people comply. & "worship" an invisible entity
Society has laws. They are based on what is safe and constructive for humanity. Society has a legal system .that is supposed to prevent chaos.
About god , there is no way, YET to prove the existence one way or another. So ,in that sense, folks can make this entity to be whatever their imagination permits them to.
Physics / science has figured out a fair bit about the essence of existence. It is only in recent decades that tools of science have opened up avenues to explore this whole arena scientifically.
The whole idea of spirits is ancient and for the most part superstitious. Now, if one gets to the point that one can measure the so called "spirit" of a person and differentiate it from the various levels of consciousness , then we can continue to explore this area even more deeply.
But the reality is that it seems a tad foolish to commit oneself to A BELIEF system so rigidly that new evidence (scientific) will not change those views. That is fanaticism. Fanatisicm of any kind is counter productive.
The problem with religion is that each religion thinks it has all THE answers. (arrogance personified). And so each group will take up arms and slaughter others that are of different orientation. In fact each religious group breaks its own rules for "humanitarianism" by HATING other groups that are not them. Or murdering them. etc etc.
Religion narrows a persons world view.........and that too is counterproductive.
That is changing ......but very slowly.
Just some random thoughts on this.
