# If you could magically eliminate one thing from earth…

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> [@John\_DiFool](#):
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> For many millenia religion likely acted as a glue to hold society together.

I started a thread on this subject so as not to hijack this one.  
[Would society have not been as successful without religion? - Great Debates - Straight Dope Message Board](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-society-have-not-been-as-successful-without-religion/1004393)

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