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07/30/2007: "Religion is profitable mind control if administered through media"

Participants primed with religious concepts gave their partner an average of $4.22, compared with only $1.84 in the control group. But those who declared themselves religious before the study were no more generous than non-believers.

[ Fill heads with garbage, then make suggestion, then appeal to ego. Manipulating human beings is no big deal. ]

http://www.gnxp.com/blog/2007/07/religion-promotes-cooperation.php