[FoRK] Faith and/or Science dingding redux

[Jeff Bone]

On Nov 27, 2007, at 5:13 PM, Dr. Ernie Prabhakar wrote:

> ... you can define "religion" as merely being an opiate of the  
> masses.   But that is all it is, your particular definition.

To be clear, that is *not* in fact my particular definition.  I see  
religion not as an opiate, but as both (a) a tool by which the  
cynical control the naive, more a whip than a balm, and (b) a disease  
of the intellect.


jb