Without religion, the people in robes become the high priests and priestesses in our Society.
Without religion, the people in robes become the high priests and priestesses in our Society.
And thus become a RELIGION of Government.
How quickly do we forget that the Holy Roman Catholic Church (Catholic Religion) was deeply embedded within the government. In fact, the government answered to the Church before the People. And now you know the rest of the story...
Without religion, the world might have been better off.
All falls back to the Roman Empire when the Catholic Priests determined they had to have the same ornaments and dress of the Roman Government.....they wanted to be recognized as elite as the Roman Senate.
It still goes on today.