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Originally posted by FAME.
Yes. It is probably the worst thing to happen to man kind of all time. And has ruined races, civilizations, governments and etc more than anything history. Worse than any terrorism, crimes, mobs, etc. Literal legal mind control.
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More like the opposite. Religion has played an enormous role in the formation, development, and preservation of civilizations throughout history. One great example is
Christianity's role in building and shaping the western civilization. The very root itself of civilization is religion. The pursuit of various academic disciplines and human endeavours only became possible after a certain stable social condition was met which was achieved through the right moral framework provided by religion. Even a lot of the liberities (worship, speech, press, association, etc.) and principles (secularism, branches of the government, due process, rule of law, etc.) that we enjoy now are rooted in religious scriptures (mostly from the Bible) and in the theologies of religious groups that sprung from the Reformation.
It's interesting how many different ways a person can stumble on the positive impact and great contributions of religion to the world. But atheists of today tend to think that society grew without religious help at all and perpetuate the long-standing myth of religion doing more harm than good because they never and refuse to find out the truth.