So after you've banned everything that allows people to express thier irrationality, what is left? At least religion provides a reasonably stable framework in which people can indulge themselves. Beating down gays or castrating (circumcising?) young women is probably not limited to religious beliefs but is a cultural thing. I've heard of worse being done within gang culture (which I'm assuming is not a particularly religious one)
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Yet you seem to imply that religion and politics are seperate things. Do you believe this?
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Yes, there is pure religion - the faith that someone has that is a subjective, emotional and very personal thing.
And then there is the way religion has been sponsored, endorsed and redirected by politicians in order to provide themselves with higher authority. Whether it's Egyptian God-Kings, or The God sanctioned Kings and Queens of Europe, to the Emperors of Rome who had the favour of their gods bestowed upon them, to Moses. All these leaders linked themselves to the authority of unearthly powers/beings in order to solidify their own authority.