>Religion gives us a sense of social cohesion: Yes it does, and when it is
>someone of a different belief system, they are "cults". A Church may give
>that sense of cohesion, but it teaches, very explicitly, to think in terms
>of US vs THEM.
One point:
You do not host the <religion> meme, and yet have a very strong <US vs.
THEM> structure in place. (As evidenced from the treatment of our Morman
friend a while back--he was obviously a THEM) It seems like a red herring
to call <US vs.THEM> a byproduct of religion.
-Prof. Tim