Yes it is all about control MR, benign religion? Are you dreaming, it doesn't fill any bill, do you trust people who believe in the supernatural to control the future, especially our childrens education . There is nothing benign about religion. Harmony?, history tells us that religion is the direct cause of the killing of millions of people. I say rubbish MR, find something else that is 'greater than us'. Christianity is, indeed, the faith that made Europe. From the time it gained ascendancy in the Fourth Century until the Renaissance, the faith fostered — insisted upon — ignorance, illiteracy, superstition, oppression of the masses, bigotry, persecution and virtually endless warfare. And it wasn’t until the 18th Century Enlightenment that man was able to discard the life-denying, knowledge-suppressing power of the Church. Where would Europe be today if it weren’t for Christianity?