My idea for a science fiction story

A few years ago, probably in college when you have time to think about such things, I had an idea for a science fiction story.  I think I wrote a bit of it but it was too difficult.  The idea was a society that had absolute control over the population by creating the illusion of supernatural in the population.

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http://www.discover.com/issues/dec-06/features/god-experiments/?page=3