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Religion

DetlefK

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17. My OP is not about religious people. It is about religion as a concept.

Reply to Igel (Reply #3)

Mon Dec 24, 2018, 11:59 AM

Dec 2018

A religion stakes their claim of rulership over the spiritual realm by making claims what the spiritual realm is like.

Rivalling religions stake their (overlapping and contradicting) claims of ownership over this "territory" by claiming to have spiritual answers.

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I just realized that religion is at its very philosophical core no more than political warfare. [View all] DetlefK Dec 2018 OP

Religion is man made. True Blue American Dec 2018 #1

christians fire people and I heard one threaten to kill right after church. demigoddess Dec 2018 #26

And now Pompeo True Blue American Dec 2018 #28

Powerful warfare empedocles Dec 2018 #2

Yeah, just not seeing it. Igel Dec 2018 #3

There is another significant difference in your analogy though Major Nikon Dec 2018 #4

Your are incorrect. guillaumeb Dec 2018 #6

I'm talking about privilege. You are talking about totalitarianism. Major Nikon Dec 2018 #7

No, we are both talking about privilege. guillaumeb Dec 2018 #9

Sure it's just a coincidence the best examples you can name are totalitarian regimes Major Nikon Dec 2018 #12

My OP is not about religious people. It is about religion as a concept. DetlefK Dec 2018 #17

You obviously missed the point. guillaumeb Dec 2018 #5

Nonsense Major Nikon Dec 2018 #8

Stalinist Russia, like China, guillaumeb Dec 2018 #10

Sure, I'm blaming theism for Stalinist Russia. Yeah, that's it. Major Nikon Dec 2018 #13

Stalinist Russia revived the Russian Orthodox Church. Voltaire2 Dec 2018 #14

I think the talk is based on thoughts that came into his head. MineralMan Dec 2018 #15

Are you free of cognitive bias? guillaumeb Dec 2018 #18

No, of course I'm not. None of us are. MineralMan Dec 2018 #20

You are making the assumption guillaumeb Dec 2018 #21

Or, perhaps you have very little understanding of what I'm talking MineralMan Dec 2018 #22

Perhaps one of us cannot recognize something. guillaumeb Dec 2018 #23

Yeah like what name was called Major Nikon Dec 2018 #25

How is this any different from what religious leaders are doing? DetlefK Dec 2018 #16

My post acknowledged that. eom guillaumeb Dec 2018 #19

Both are human endeavors. MineralMan Dec 2018 #11

I cannot honestly come to the same conclusion. gtar100 Dec 2018 #24

I simply see Religion True Blue American Dec 2018 #29

Antiquity Karadeniz Dec 2018 #27