It seems that we created god and religion to come together as a group. Have a culture and traditions as a community. Because community and do work as part of community is important. Have some rules and tenets to live a life is important for tribes. It is important to have a protocol to live by instead of constantly dribbling for right decision to take in different situations. Religion or any other cult keeps people with diverse mindsets together and live by an agenda.
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