Heaven Help Us

[Steve]

(11 May 2014, 19:14)Mortblanc Wrote: [quote='MaryN' pid='82601' dateline='1399752680']
They will even reengineer a religion to meet those personal needs.

Isn't that why religion was invented ? To control people ?

What better way for a dictator to control people than to tell them that there is an all-powerful and vengeful God, who placed him on the throne, and who will torture them forever if they don't obey the rules.

But don't worry paupers, "Blessed are the meek", so just do as you are told and you'll have a wonderful time in heaven ( when you're dead ).

And if an even bigger dictator makes rules that the local monarch doesn't like, such as not allowing him to shag his latest fancy, then he simply changes that bit of the religion and gives it a different name, "Protestant" for example.