Is/was religion a social construct?

[sterolight]

title pretty much says it all

[isosplz]

This is an interesting title for a topic. Thank you for the post.

[Confluency]

Absolutely.

It's the ultimate tool to control the masses.

[Tangentee]

I agree with Confluency, but will add that I think it is only one (albeit very effective) tool for control among many. They all seem to use the same playbook though, be it religion, politics, race, or gender. Divide and conquer's the name of the game.