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Originally Posted by KCWolfman
Yup - Just like government, including the socialistic regimes you dream about.
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What? lol
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Originally Posted by KCWolfman
However, on the other hand, religion has also fostered more charity, arts, exploration, and businesses than any other socio-economic group I can think of.
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I wouldn't agree with any of that statement, even though I know why you think that. Let's see exploration - missionaries would be sent in to clean up only after the places were already discovered (as far as Christianity is concerned). I'm sure some expeditions were commissioned by the church in it's power hay day, but certainly it wasn't the majority if you take the whole history of the mankind.
Charity? Maybe recently and it's always on very small scale, but again, if you look at the whole picture, religion has brought more suffering than anything else.
Arts? I can see that.
Business? You have to be more specific.