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Unless religion's overtly state that corporations and money are more important that humanity and equality than I don't think Bush makes a single religion based decision, whether he realizes it or not.
"you would think somewhere down the line those beliefs would change"
That's the point and result of herding sheep, no questioning it, no deviation, or shame for life from loved ones and perhaps society, then eternal hell to boot once you die of misery in life. With no way to prove anything one way or the other.
That keeps people in line and such a tradition alive better than you might think, and when its wrapped in thoughts of heaven and can result in feelings of euphoria and generally feeling special, like any good drug, then simple addiction can account for much of the rest.
Then there is the point of the good message, the same message in most religions, that even Agnostics tend to support. As it is preferrable, not necessarily because it is right, because that is relative.
"The Greatest Enemy of Knowledge is Not Ignorance, It is the ILLUSION of Knowledge. Stephen Hawking"
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