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In my experience a tremendous amount of religious teaching focuses on self-improvement (avoiding sin, cleansing of past sins, etc, etc). I do agree that the US
by dlss 10y ago
In my experience a tremendous amount of religious teaching focuses on self-improvement (avoiding sin, cleansing of past sins, etc, etc).
I do agree that the USA isn't a cult though. Too big/diverse.
- nxzero 10y agoIn the example you've given the group is defining what is best and what is not; you doing what is best for you is defined by only you. Here's a better explanation of the concept: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nash_equilibrium https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nash_equilibrium
- tassl 10y ago"Avoid sin" and "cleansing" does not always goes together with self-improvement, but it usually goes tight with regret. I would have agreed with you if you used self-control as self-improvement. Plus... the concept of sin depends on the religion.
- calibraxis 10y agoUS expats sometimes sound a bit like recovering cult members. (Probably generalizes to other countries, don't know.) "Oh my god, did they make you 'pledge allegiance' to that fucking flag too!? [1] That was so fucked up! And over 4 in 10 of us believe the earth was created 10,000 years ago??? [2] We're gonna kill the Earth, aren't we?" [1] http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/pledge-of-allegiance-statutes-state-by-state http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/pledge-of-allegiance-sta... [2] http://www.livescience.com/46123-many-americans-creationists.html http://www.livescience.com/46123-many-americans-creationists...