Okay now I will give you time to pick your jaw up off the floor while I explain what I mean.
I now belive that religion is just one of the many forms of control that the powers that be (hereafter refered to as 'tha man') use to control people and keep them under foot. We know how the current administration uses the religious right to keep the electorate in line, but I also believe the WTS serves tha man in the same way. They dont realize this of course, it is a very subtle coercion, yet effective.
When you are tha man and you want to keep all the power to yourself, it helps when you can keep huge groups of people en-masse from Learning, Developing TRUE reasoning skills, and most important uninterested in political issues. The WTS does this by keeping people in darkness focusing on a never arriving new order.
I believe some of the brightest, most ingenuose intellects have been ruined because of the WTS. Just the way tha man wants it, and by the time most wake up from the WTS dream induced stupor, most feel it is too late in their lifes to start over. I have read several peoples bio's and post. It seems most see the 'light' in their mid 30's, saddled with a mate and child rearing responsibilities. You look around and your prospects are bleek. You never truly prepared for your furture, at best you will have a career thats of middle class status, and you feel all the frustration's that go along with having been duped for a good 1/3 of your life.
Meanwhile as your dealing with the pain of using your eyes for the first time in your life (to borrow from the matrix), Tha man has enjoyed the fact that a significant chunk of its people have been silent and clueless to real world events.