Do you think that religion is the most powerful form of hypnosis?

I'm only saying this because every religion thinks that they have it right and everyone else has it wrong.

Hello

No, the most powerful form of giving suggestions comes from Family/childhood followed by peers.

Religion will only sink into you if your heart & mind allows it as with all things, you subconscious mind has to accept, which is why more is taken on board when you are young.

Sadhara

Religion could be a good thing for some. In my opinion, religion is just used as a general rule book to teach morals and the difference between right and wrong to the general public. I find it hard to believe in religion because most are stories and examples told throughout human history and history can change depending on the individuals viewpoint. A house cat could even turn into a vicious lion after several tellings.

If it doesn't, it definitely has some power that's similar!
Yeah I don't get that either, how almost every religion (I say "almost", because I don't think Buddhism or Hinduism and a few others are like that) believe their religion is the "one and only."
I suppose it's because of their upbringing, or they could've had some traumatic experience which turned out alright so they blamed "God" for that..

This hypothesis covers some religions, but not all. What about self-discovered religion, for instance?

When it comes down to it, religion can't possibly be hypnosis wholesale, and not every church meeting is like that scene from Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.

Not really. People just feel better having faith in something. Spending every second of every day faced with the idea that there is little we can prove and little we know for sure isn't easy, which somewhat explains the lack of appeal of agnosticism on the whole (Christians alone outnumber atheists/agnostics/undecideds by 100% on a global level).

"I'm only saying this because every religion thinks that they have it right and everyone else has it wrong."

As if atheists dont think that they have it right and everybody else has it wrong.

Pot. Kettle. Black.

That's the whole point of faith. If you don't believe your religion is right why would you believe in it? You could say the same thing about politics, economics, etc. everyone thinks they are right and everyone else is wrong.

You have to want to be hypnotised by it. I decided that being a real person and not following a baby killer or a child molester was the best course for my life.

Certain religions - YES.

No; I would say the mass media has that spot.

ya its a ez way to control the masses