Religion's control

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I was just wondering what people thought about the power religion has over groups of people. Is it good, bad, neutral, natural or unnatural, useful, etc..in several cases.

How old are you?

<16

16-20

21-25

>25

How much do you know about organized religion?

A lot about many

A lot about a few

A lot about one

A little about many

A little about a few

A little about one

What sorts of things do you think when you think of religion?

There's a real god or set of gods

Control over people, for the betterment of societies

Control over people, for the benefit of one society that it's based around

Helping people less fortunate

Helping people find peace

Control over people, for the sake of whoever's in control

None of the above (please state in comments)

You're glad that religion and/or religious people try to control:

Violence

Sex

Addictions

None of the above

You're not glad that religions and religious people try to control:

Violence

Sex

Addictions

None of the above

Overall, your experience with religion and religious people has been:

As far as the extremes of where religion has taken people around the world, during different time periods, what has been "going too far"?

Witch hunts/burnings

Stoning to death of women who had sex with men other than their husbands

Worship of a person or groups of people as gods

Holy wars

None of these things are "going too far"

This poll was created on 2007-03-08 06:27:56 by Nickismynickname