Religious Control of People

Throughout History many people have suffered, and have been murdered, because of Religious Control of People by their Church Leaders.

Religions, especially the so-called Revealed Religions, most if not all of which are also Expansionist Religions, have effectively been the dictators with total Religious Control of People.  One either obeyed and supported the ruling Religion of a country or one was killed to make God a happier camper, at least according to the leaders of the Religion that had the power over the people.

Some Religions such as Christianity still attempt to control the people by convincing the people that they must give money to the Church and do what the Church tells them to do or go to what is commonly called Hell for eternity.  They also preach that one must believe in certain supernatural events that are the basis of Christianity.

Many followers of Islam do not seem to much care about the money, but simply want to blow up and kill those who do not agree with them. However this activity also takes money to purchase the explosives needed to murder innocent people.  People who simply blow up others for fun, or for their religion, are commonly called terrorists.  Those who kill others to make their God happy should be destroyed or imprisoned as quickly as possible.

Religious Control of People is based upon convincing the people that God wants to punish them forever if they do not believe in God exactly as the current most powerful religion preaches.  This causes people to have a Fear of God for no other reason than that the Church tells them that they should have a Fear of God.  See Fear for a historical outlook on the term.

I have no idea why God would get upset if a human does not totally agree with the beliefs of another human who just happens to be a preacher or a priest of a major Religion.  The priest or preacher is also a human and quite likely may be wrong since most, if not all, religious beliefs cannot be proven.

You must repent of your sins, which are as defined by your Religion, believe in God as your Religion preaches, and give a lot of your hard-earned cash to your church, so that God will like you and not punish you in Hell forever.  (The cash is probably the most important at least to the leaders of your religion. If you give enough money to your church you will be assured a place in Heaven, at least according to the Revealed Religions and by the Priest who got the money.)  Add another zero to that check you are giving to your religion so that you can be 'saved' and get to Heaven for sure. Your Religion will probably assure you that God will take you to Heaven if you give enough money to your Church, and if you believe in God as your Religion preaches.

Even America, which is to have a Separation of Church as State, grants tax-free status to most Religions.  This concept forces those who do not follow a specific religion to have to pay more money to provide the government services that the various religions receive.  This is not fair and Religions should be taxed just as all other businesses are taxed.  Religions, like businesses, are in competition for you money.

Most religions love to collect money so that they can expand their religion.

This is not to say that religions have not done a lot of good works.  However the question is if they have done more good than harm.  The obvious answer, at least from those who were murdered over some religious belief, is that religions have done more harm than good.