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Religion: a survival mechanism?

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03-04-2005 5:17 AM 		Reply to: Message 1 by Parasomnium
03-02-2005 5:22 AM

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But in this thread, I would like to hear your opinions about the "survival mechanism" theory.
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I think its weak - obfuscating real phenomemon in favour of theist8ic abstractions is not useful for surivival IMO - its much more likely to get you killed.
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Religion only makes sense as a doctrine of social order and thus extortion.
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