In the past religion has been counterproductive and a source of scandal in society, but it is a great fighter against despotism. Tocqueville states: “Despotism can do without faith, but freedom cannot… How could a society escape destruction if, when political ties are loosened, moral ties are not strengthened? And what can be done with a people who are masters of themselves if they are not subject to God?" If religion and academia were comparable in effect to the internal movement of the soul, then the loss of this would be harmful to society. If despotism can thrive without faith, but freedom cannot; so what does this say about the importance of religion and the