James L. HalperinBen laughed. "You think all religions are scams, don't you?"" Yes, I suppose I do, " Epstein said. "But the religions are mostly scamming themselves. That they scam others is usually a side-effect.
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In this quote, Ben Jonson makes a very interesting point. The religions are mostly scamming themselves. That they scam others is usually a side-effect. What Ben Jonson is saying is that most religions do not even realize that they’re scamming people.
Either that or they actually think they’re helping people. But the truth is, they’re not helping people at all. All religions are scams.
Most religions are little more than a way for people to make money and get what they want from the world while at the same time feeling good about themselves. Religion is a tool used by the powerful to control the weak, and true religion is even worse than that. Religion takes on a whole new meaning when you know that it was made up by man and that it’s only been around for a few thousand years, long after most of our kind have died out or evolved into something else altogether.
Source: The First Immortal
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