[FoRK] Faith and/or Science dingding redux

[Jeffrey Winter]

> 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

How far does this cynicism extend in your opinion?  For 
example, do you think that at the highest levels in the 
Vatican people aren't truly believers, but are in fact 
just manipulating people for their own nefarious ends?