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What does it mean?
Religious institutions are often used by rulers to maintain control rather than guide the faithful.
In plain terms
Governments use religion to rule people, not the other way around.
What can you take from it?
Be critical of how authority uses belief systems.

Where it applies

  • politics
  • history
  • sociology

Putting it to work

  • separate faith from state
  • question religious authority

Questions to consider

  • Who benefits from religious dogma?
  • Is faith ever truly free?

Another view

Many people use religion independently of political control.

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