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Is Religion A Placebo?

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It has happened to all of us. It happened to me at summer camp as a young kid. Uncle Cess preached to us every day and before the and of the first week we were all on our knees a'prayin. The elation, the joy, the high you get from knowing you are special, righteous and saved from doom and gloom. You have found God and have a special relationship and everything in life makes sense. Oh wow and yeaaaaah, hallelujah.

As we know, medicine uses the same sort of tactic with patients. It was found in trials of new drugs that a large number of "control patients" who were given placebos actually responded positively saying that the (so-called) drug actually works.
We also (or should) know that religion is a contrived code of living devised on the false premise that a God and master owns us and if we behave in a certain fashion, that master will make us feel good.

Incidentally, my very brief foray into religion ended soon after summer camp; I and my mates were back to firing stones from our slingshots onto the local Church steeple during services. That placebo wore off pretty quickly in my case.

So, the question: Is religion like a placebo that actually has no substance to it yet some people will swear by it thinking that it really works?


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