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[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 93 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Religion is perfect for making normal people act like a bunch of sociopaths.

[–] Art3sian@lemmy.world 39 points 1 year ago (1 children)

” Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.”

[–] orphiebaby@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You gotta source that quote, fam. I wanna know ^^

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful

Lucius Annaeus Seneca. All it took was copying the line into Google. I'm surprised how often people forget that they can do this.

[–] orphiebaby@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Yeah, but have you tried Googling that "quote" supposedly from Madonna?

[–] Art3sian@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

I was hoping you guys might think I was clever enough to come up with it.

/s

[–] CeruleanRuin@lemmy.one 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Religion is exploited by actual sociopaths to justify their behavior.

[–] veganpizza69@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Religion is exploited by actual sociopaths to justify their behavior.

(most forms of) Religion is constructed to be exploited by actual sociopaths to justify their behavior.

FTFY

[–] Hypersapien@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago

"With or without religion, good people can behave well and bad people can do evil; but for good people to do evil - that takes religion."

-- Steven Weinberg