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Are there massive conspiracies? Just look at the set of religions in the world to control people-- and you will already have your answer.
by _monster_ 11y ago
Are there massive conspiracies?
Just look at the set of religions in the world to control people-- and you will already have your answer.
- fsloth 11y agoConspiracy is usually something that is non-obvious. The sociodynamics of religion are quite obvious, and closer to a mass hysteria. The parish provides a sufficient population that enables social proof to convince people automatically of the correctness of believing and belonging. It's not that the priesthood makes people believe things - it's the people, and the social proof and the social pressure that does this. The priesthood gains political power (which all men yearn, consciously or not), and when co-operate with the state provide a channel of mass control and communication. Thus the people perpetuate the belief, and the state has no incentive to intercede.