The two leading methods of controlling the masses are Nationalism and Religion. In this article we will look at how Religion influences people into doing things that they would not do normally.
Practically every religion has some bad logic associated with it. Most Americans follow some form of Christianity. This involves reading both the Old and New Testaments of the Bible. There are a lot of things that don't make sense about the Bible ( especially the Old Testament ), but practically all Christian denominations treat this as the word of God. How can mortal man ever question the work of the Lord?
One of the most logically and morally troubling things that I find in the Bible deals with the Book of Joshua. In this book God orders Joshua, the leader of the Israelites, to conquer a city called Jericho. Joshua has the priests march around the city for seven days. Then they blew their trumpets and the walls came tumbling down. What the Israelites did next is what really gets me to question the divine origin of the Bible.
(Joshua 6:20) The people destroyed everything in the city. They destroyed everything that was living there. They killed the young men and old men, young women and old women, cattle, sheep, and donkeys.
It seems that they did spare a prostitute named Rahab and her family, for hiding two spies that Joshua sent to the city prior to the conquest.
(Joshua 6:24)Then the people of Israel burned the whole city. They burned everything in the city except the things made from silver, gold, bronze, and iron. They put those things in the Lord