Religion has everything on its side: revelation, prophecies, government protection, the highest dignity and eminence...and more than this, the invaluable prerogative of being allowed to imprint its doctrines on the mind at a tender age of childhood, whereby they become almost innate ideas.

Irvin D. Yalom
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Religion has everything on its side. Religion has the benefit of being able to influence people before they have a chance to think for themselves. They are taught that their views are correct and that everyone else is wrong. Religion is founded on narratives that are created at a young age, which makes it very easy to believe them. Religion can also give people a sense of importance and self-importance.

Source: The Schopenhauer Cure

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