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The Price of #Dogma: #Religion's Impact on #Freedom and Progress
Russell Bell
Independent Scholar
Date Written: September 27, 2025Abstract
This article argues that #religiousinstitutions function as systems of #socialcontrol rather than #spiritualguides, deploying #psychological mechanisms of #fear and #dependency to maintain #authority while resisting #scientificprogress and #humanautonomy.