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Hope I don't burn in HELL for this but...
It would seem that at the very origins of society, a tool would be needed by those who would like control, to wield over their followers and thus keep them in line. What more perfect tool than the promise of eternal happiness/reward for obeying the law and leading a "good"(i.e. compliant) life, and eternal pain and suffering and torture for leading a "bad"(noncompliant) life? Furthermore, there would be no need to ever prove the existance of these entities because one is supposed to rely on "faith"(i.e. the absence of objective evidence) to maintain the belief.
Thus the perfect tool was created, and most governing entities throughout time have exploited it in one way or another.
Just a thought...
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For me there is only the traveling on paths that have heart, on any path that may have heart. There I travel, and the only worthwhile challenge is to traverse its full length. And there I travel, looking, looking, ...breathlessly.
-Carlos Castaneda
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