Thank you for replying. I'm very happy that you're being honest about this. It's abundantly clear that people on this site are beginning to tack in the wind and face a more positive destination, albeit with a fear of letting themselves admit that this is happening. But in getting to grips with what you have said, I'll say the following.
'You don't need religion to have morals.'
That is part of what I said to you. I mean that it doesn't matter what people do as a social group, a code of morals and behaviour always comes with it. People will ensure it, create it. We cannot escape this. It's part of social cohesion. Some say that this comes from a higher power, others that it's encoded in our DNA. But we all must admit that whatever the source, it happens.
'it's control of the masses'
If an idea becomes popular on a giant scale, and social group happens to become a 'mass', then yes, it's inevitable that thing, whatever it is, will wield an amount of 'mass control' with it. We cannot avoid creating mass groups, therefore the only question you need to answer is whether or not you agree with the moral codes being encouraged by the mass control.
'Some bloke in a dress telling people what's acceptable and what's not.'
Boy George? John Lennon? Nicola Sturgeon? The talking heads on TV? The fashion people telling you what's fashionable? The latest word that's now considered taboo. How do you think moral standards evolve without someone preaching to others? People have always preached to others. You can't escape it, whether you like their clothes or not. Again, the only question you need to ask, is whether you agree with this person.
But consider this.
You Club Book, are telling me what we don't need. What you feel isn't acceptable or needed. But aren't you a little?
Aren't you in fact, preaching a little to me?
I will start another thread about the evidence of the afterlife.