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Religion

Major Nikon

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5. One of the big reasons why religion was invented

Reply to trotsky (Reply #3)

Tue Feb 25, 2020, 07:26 PM

Feb 2020

When you can convince people justice will be dolled out in the afterlife(conveniently unverifiable mind you), it makes it far easier to accept inequality. It keeps people tolling away making the rich richer and free from riots.

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Racists aren't going to heaven. [View all] stonecutter357 Feb 2020 OP

Nobody goes anyway when they die edhopper Feb 2020 #1

Read the old testament... uriel1972 Feb 2020 #2

It'd be awesome if the universe worked that way, but we have absolutely no evidence that it does. trotsky Feb 2020 #3

One of the big reasons why religion was invented Major Nikon Feb 2020 #5

Newsflash: Nobody goes to heaven... NeoGreen Feb 2020 #4