Quote Originally Posted by geoff View Post
I would imagine you are going to try to use this as a reference to portray religion as a form of mind/population control. I see the point you are trying to make....a very small point. Except you leave out one thing, common sense. The south korean govt tells the people they will die if they leave the fan on( they are using this so as to save money on electricity)....yet one would soon figure out that when know one died when it was accidently left on....that it was bogus. You are trying to say that religion ( mainly christianity i presume) is the same. Yet this religion has been around for around 6k years or more, people have died for this belief ( high officials too) and despite the many many many attempts to put it to an end...it still survives. why?
Abrahamic religion has only been around for about 3000 years. Christianity is a little more than 1000 years old. Conversely, 1000 years from now, people may (or may not) believe in fan death because the belief will be propagated in the same manner. Like religion, it is passed down from generation to generation. And like religion, it doesn't stand up to scientific scrutiny.