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Religion became such a strong force because of fear. It was the reason it was created. A way for people to explain things that they don't understand like death, those bright things in the sky like stars and lightning, and of course all those strange noises that come out of the darkness at night. Some of those things have been explained and became things like science and technology. The rest, like the fear of death, stay in religious hands for now. Humans like things to be explained, we're a very curious race.
I don't really see human nature and the evolution of man as separate things. They are both going along hand in hand. But fear and war and intolerance shouldn't be the only things considered human nature just because they are considered bad. All those good things like love and compassion are part of human nature too. Love and hate can bring people together and tear things apart equally. Both have lead us to where we are today and i think both are needed to get us where we need to go.
I would have to say that because we don't need to get to that "perfect Utopian future" we probably won't.
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We Must Dissent.
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