07-11-2017, 02:18 PM
(07-11-2017, 10:19 AM)GMDino Wrote: No, I meant that people (some/many?) are always looking for a "way". And if that way promises you riches (now or in the afterlife) in return for your loyalty (and money) it's fairly easy to get them to follow you along.
Whether that comes from a god or from a flag.
My response was about the second part of your post. But in response to that first part, while religion can be perverted we also have to keep In mind that not everyone who follows or has followed a religion has did so because they wanted to.
Don't want to follow us? We'll behead you. Want to run away? We'll find your whole family and kill them. Some people follow groups like ISIS or other extremist groups simply out of fear for their lives or their families lives and not because they are particularly glued to their beliefs. If you want a secular example of that just look at North Korea.
