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> Religion and Politics
>
> Religion was/is an invention of human kind. It was brought to existence
> partly for the purpose of overcoming its fear which stem from
uncertainty
> it has to face. Some people created God and made/advocate it as an
> invisible policeman monitoring the act and behavior of one another, as
> they realised that it is extremely hard to monitor one another on their
> own. They tried to make people believe that they are being monitored by
> god and, if they did something which the god think should not be done
and
> which, in fact, is what the people, who create such a god, think should
> not be done, would be punished somehow.
>
> Politicians long ago realised that they may use religion as a glue for
> forming a relatively stable society. They created sets of rules which
they
> claimed to be the words of god and advocate that the public should
follows
> them. The rules was based on two principles : repression and tolerance.
As
> our natural environment could only provide limited resources which we
all
> human beings need, conflicts and wars could readily occurred if we do
not
> properly repress our desire for such resources. I think the im****tance
of
> tolerance among us need no further elaboration.
>
> However, religion can also be a means to suppress the public. "Love your
> enemies just as you love your neigbours." in fact means "Forgive the
> politicians who oppress you."
>
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