Religion is all about controlling people. This is just one aspect of it. Religion was invented to control people, thousands of years of indoctrinating people into believing the voice of the ruling elite was the same as the voice of god.
@johnr What you say is true of religion that is bedfellows with politics. The latin saying "vox populi, vox dei" has been used to define democracy. It literally translates "the voice of the people is the voice of God". However, one can hardly say that the religion of each and every individual is or must be subject to that reasoning.
@halfcup blasphemy! contraception would mean interrupting and killing all those millions of babies. They never even get their chance to fulfill god's plan for them!
@slog religion is a social media. No one is religious in a vacuum. It's a group practice, shared tradition, etc. Religion is institutionalized. This makes religion synonymous with politics. Both are all about influencing the behavior of (controlling) others. Religion serves no other REAL purpose.