Should governments start regulating religion?

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Gourmet said:
Not only do many statist oranizations teach many facts that have proven to be false or theories that greatly hold back society, but there are many other problems organized statism brings up too.



1. Taxes - how much do people lose to government?

2. Governments should not be allowed to get as bad as some do.

3. Government extremist - causing wars, terrorism, hate crimes, etc

4. Intolerance - how many more humans needs to suffer due to government rules?

In this day and age I just do not think there is room for states anymore. As a hobby it is fine, but there are so many things wrong with governments that it should not be allowed the power it has over society anymore.



Agree?

The difference is that government provides useful and essential services.  I tend to enjoy things like water delivery, a police force, education, roads, and so on.  So, despite its flaws, the government is worth keeping around and reforming.  

Religion does not provide any service that can not be accomplished by secular means, so there is no reason to keep it around.