The church of most religions historically seem to be up the arses of the state, so as a means of control its worked, but really, what good has it actually done that wouldnt have been accomplished by some other means.
Thought it was interesting in that book blood and something or other, cant remember right now, im too stoned, about the bloke Barrabbus..with the habit of the day of people calling themselves son of this, and son of that...in Hebrew Bar means, son of, and rabbus meaning rabbi, implying the man...
Sure he existed, but the religion...no... Pretty sure that if you taught people from birth that Rupert the Bear was god, people would grow up believing it. I can think of plenty of things that religion is responsible for and theres not many good things. What is the major thing that religion has...