Susan, YES, that IS actually what religions are mostly about.

Controlling the people and not allowing them to stray from the "RULES" of the damned dogmas. All those "laws" in the bible. What better way to rule over wandering people in the desert---or in the chaos of the modern world, for that matter. Extrapolate to modern Jehovah's Witnesses who literally believe every word in the "book" (not "Rise Up Singing") to be true utterances of the divine that MUST be obeyed -- as interpreted by them---the willing SLAVES.

Pretty sad!

Art