Comments on: who is the philosopher that said religion is important to maintain order? http://www.e-g-o.co.uk/who-is-the-philosopher-that-said-religion-is-important-to-maintain-order/ If you have or know of EGO stay here Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:10:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Ivy Bevan http://www.e-g-o.co.uk/who-is-the-philosopher-that-said-religion-is-important-to-maintain-order/comment-page-1/#comment-310 Ivy Bevan Mon, 11 Feb 2008 06:07:47 +0000 http://www.e-g-o.co.uk/who-is-the-philosopher-that-said-religion-is-important-to-maintain-order/#comment-310 You're probably thinking of Voltaire, who famously said, "If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent Him." The necessity he had in mind was social order. In the same spirit, Voltaire once advised atheists, "when you talk of such matters, please ask the servants to leave the room." You’re probably thinking of Voltaire, who famously said, “If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent Him.”

The necessity he had in mind was social order.

In the same spirit, Voltaire once advised atheists, “when you talk of such matters, please ask the servants to leave the room.”

]]> By: Adolfo Holt http://www.e-g-o.co.uk/who-is-the-philosopher-that-said-religion-is-important-to-maintain-order/comment-page-1/#comment-309 Adolfo Holt Sun, 10 Feb 2008 10:20:56 +0000 http://www.e-g-o.co.uk/who-is-the-philosopher-that-said-religion-is-important-to-maintain-order/#comment-309 Well, a lot of people said it, albeit in varied ways. Marx said that religion was the opiate of the people, which is certainly a caustic way of saying that religion does more than maintain order, it puts to rest peoples' faculties to reason out what is happening to its socioeconomic order. -John Well, a lot of people said it, albeit in varied ways.

Marx said that religion was the opiate of the people, which is certainly a caustic way of saying that religion does more than maintain order, it puts to rest peoples’ faculties to reason out what is happening to its socioeconomic order.

-John

]]> By: Rhett Patel http://www.e-g-o.co.uk/who-is-the-philosopher-that-said-religion-is-important-to-maintain-order/comment-page-1/#comment-308 Rhett Patel Sat, 09 Feb 2008 00:31:54 +0000 http://www.e-g-o.co.uk/who-is-the-philosopher-that-said-religion-is-important-to-maintain-order/#comment-308 ...everything that tends to favor religion (even though it were believed false) should be received & availed of to strengthen it; & this should be done the more, the wiser the rulers are, & the better they understand the natural course of things. - Machiavelli, Discourses, ch12 …everything that tends to favor religion (even though it were believed false) should be received & availed of to strengthen it; & this should be done the more, the wiser the rulers are, & the better they understand the natural course of things.
- Machiavelli, Discourses, ch12

]]> By: Uriel Hearn http://www.e-g-o.co.uk/who-is-the-philosopher-that-said-religion-is-important-to-maintain-order/comment-page-1/#comment-307 Uriel Hearn Wed, 06 Feb 2008 10:22:31 +0000 http://www.e-g-o.co.uk/who-is-the-philosopher-that-said-religion-is-important-to-maintain-order/#comment-307 Soccrates said it, Plato wrote it, and Leonardo Da Vinci, even though not a religious man, himself, recognized that religion was the heart of any civilization. Soccrates said it, Plato wrote it, and Leonardo Da Vinci, even though not a religious man, himself, recognized that religion was the heart of any civilization.

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