Quote Originally Posted by Virulent View Post
Here's an idea: religion is a red herring. It is used by the consensus of elites who control this world's cultures to keep people angry, or better yet placid.
Dan Dennett compares religion to one of those organisms that hijacks it's host, causing it to act in opposition to its own safety in order to further the life cycle of the organism. Like the fluke that causes the ant to climb to the top of a blade of grass, increasing the liklihood of it being eaten by a cow or a sheep.