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Organized religion has always been a security risk.
February 26, 2007
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Faith can be a great thing, giving inner strength to people in hard times, and magnamity in good times. However organized religion is something to watch for. Especially those religions which find their origin in the Middle East have a tendency to be inhospitable to teachings other than their own.
This can of course be explained from the fact that natural resources are relatively scarce in the Middle East. Conflict over these was and is thus always around the corner. And using religion to bind groups of people together to fight over these resources is a politically, if not morally, logical step.
Also organized religion is to be kept a close watch upon due to the possibility of misuse by dictators, states, etc.
Marx was right about one thing: 'Organized Religion is the opium of the common people'.
Therefore it should be brought under the control of the DEA.