The latest debate on Indiblogger is whether religion is overrated . I didn't want to join the debate at all because I can only think of religion as something that is as redundant as the vestige of the ape's tail that still remains at the bottom of our spines. I was, however, encouraged to see quite many bloggers expressing views I agree with. Most bloggers who joined the debate argued against religion one way or another. Even if they are believers, they seem to think that religion should be kept out of public affairs. The question is whether religion is overrated today. I think it has always been overrated. Humanity was bossed over by religion until the last century. The Enlightenment that occurred in Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries altered man's attitude towards religion significantly. But it took another century or two for man to wean himself from the mother of all illusions. Yet, even today, religion remains an overrated phenomenon that serves as th
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