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Religion is a oversimplification of philosophy doctrines. Imagine Moses trying to communicate with regular folk his views on the world in a way that Socrates di
by eddd 9y ago
Religion is a oversimplification of philosophy doctrines. Imagine Moses trying to communicate with regular folk his views on the world in a way that Socrates did. It was much more efficient to translate it to a set of stories that impose specific behavior.
The closest religion to philosophy (I can think of) is Buddhism, it is basically a guide to learn about self and the world.
- elboru 9y agoI don't agree, maybe you have have a oversimplified view of religion, do you believe religion only consists of regular folks? Where would you put St. Thomas and his Summa Theologica
- marnett 9y agoReligion, like schools of philosophy, grow overtime as more theologians add to the thought. Here is a theologian's thought on modern secularism, it is essentially a philosophical essay: https://www.firstthings.com/article/2018/02/the-metaphysics-of-democracy https://www.firstthings.com/article/2018/02/the-metaphysics-...
- dragonwriter 9y ago> Religion is a oversimplification of philosophy doctrines. No, it's not, though what most people are exposed to is, just as what most people exposed to philosophy by other means get is oversimplified. If you go beyond the surface, theology is no less deep than other philosophy.