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Originally Posted by
happygolucky
Religion is the opium of the masses.
The rich and powerful use religion to keep the
poor happy with their meagre lot on this earth.
The promise of eternal life or 74 virgins keeps them poor
ignorant and compliant.
Do you really think Jesus said
It is harder for a rich man to enter heaven , than it is for a camel to pass
through the eye of a needle ( a mountain pass or gate in reality )
No it was a rich man to keep the poor happy and feeling superior.
As a culture or nation gets richer and more educated it's religious fervour becomes less
Now it's Africa and South America where the catholic populations live.
Did you notice that none of the oil rich and educated states have militant Muslims.
Even in Britian the majority of the Militant Muslims are in the poorer city in the north and
not in the affluent south.
i agree with much of what you say, but there is a big al qaeda presence in saudi arabia. bin laden was born in saudi arabia as well
"The mass of men live lives of quiet desperation" - Henry David Thoreau.