I don't think it was intended to be about controlling people but as a whole, religion has definitely served many purposes and not all of them have been righteous.
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I don't think it was intended to be about controlling people but as a whole, religion has definitely served many purposes and not all of them have been righteous.
Religion is very multifaceted; belief itself isn't inherently controlling, but states - especially imperialist ones - will always take advantage of religious (and whatever else they can) to control people. Religion is seldom the true evil, whatever or whoever is exploiting it for their own gain is.
I agree. Many people like to say that money is inherently evil as well but it falls into the same boat. Originally it was just an abstraction layer for trading.
Money I'm less certain on. I don't find it inherent either I suppose, but it has functionally led to a lot of bad events and situations that likely could never happen otherwise. I think most of the bad from religion, on the other hand, could have come from other places.