07-11-2008, 03:19 PM
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Originally Posted by aklim
Isn't one of the main goals of religion to control behavior?
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I don’t know that behavior control is a primary goal of religion. To suggest so amounts to unfair reducitonism. Religion seeks to explain and fulfill a need experienced broadly by mankind.
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I think it serves as an extreme example of power. Look, this guy is dead but he has overcome death. If he can do that, he can keep you from dying. Most of our hardened criminals are even afraid of the death penalty. But now, you have a way of living forever. You won't die. See this guy? He was dead. Now he is not.
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So you are saying that immortality is the height of freedom?
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