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why knock religion so much? is it so hard to beleive that sometimes religion is simply a group of spiritual people that have gathered in intentional community?
Social control? Lurkette...i have the greatest respect for you, but i think you've overstepped your case in this instance. Religion, as many people experience is NOT about social control. I know churches that are about the pecking order, and enforcing taboos and norms. But i'm also familiar with many that are simply about getting together once in a while to celebrate something we share. so...while you might want to claim that "many religions have a theme of social control" or "many forms of religious expression coincide with social control"....to claim that religion is by definition a method of social control is really i think a gross overgeneralization.
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