The Christian Religion - A Necessary Evil

When debating the philosophy of man-made religion,tool to control the minds of the masses have argued
the invention of a God and the tales that canthese points of contention for thousands of years
embody the masses in a aligned forward progressionnow. Are World religions a necessary evil - does the
- some have stated that Religion is a good thing, as itMiddle East need their religion to continue or is it now
keep the society together. Indeed, in hindsight andholding them back? Is Christianity holding back the
history one could debate that religion has keptWestern World also?
civilizations and societies together, but do the meansIs it wise to worship four-legged animals, which
justify the ends?clearly are re-incarnations? Should the islanders in the
Is it okay to live a lie, purport a lie and collect billionsSouth Pacific and Indonesia be involved in Cargo
of dollars in tithing to continue the game and justifyCults? Sticking pins and needles in toy dolls
the good that has come out of it? What if Worldsymbolizing people be the most important thing of
Religions did not exist at all - where would we bethe day? What if the World ditched all the religions
today? Would human civilizations progressed further?and everyone came together in a common cause
Would there be chaos, anarchy, what would theand agreed we are all in this world together and we
World look like?ought to make the most of it? What would happen
Many realists who understand that religion is merely athen?