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Maybe religion is the original augmented reality. Interesting way to think about it, anyway.
by yesenadam 8y ago
Maybe religion is the original augmented reality. Interesting way to think about it, anyway.
- valarauca1 8y agoreligion is a facet, or component of ideology.
- dredmorbius 8y agoI see them as overlapping sets. Religion has elements of ideology, some ideologies are derived from, related to, or specifically opposed to religious belief. That last might be an XOR.
- drb91 8y agoI would not describe the defining parts of buddhism as ideological so much as philosophical and sensuous. I’m not sure a good definition of religion exists. You’re being hugey reductive.
- WaxProlix 8y agoIn this context, Zizekian "ideology" is a set of beliefs or axioms that color how we perceive the world. It's just the medium through which we live our lives and exist our existences and engage with social structures. So in that sense, religion is one thing which would help to make up 'ideology'. In the non-jargon common sense of ideology ("a system of ideas and ideals, especially one that forms the basis of economic or political theory and policy", thanks dictionary) you're broadly right.
- glibgil 8y ago> You’re being hugey reductive Like a dictionary? It's just semantics
- true_religion 8y agoSure it's not a western religion but it's a religion. If you remove all the cosmology and mysticism from Buddhism, you are left with something other than the original practice.
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- plink 8y agoEscape from samsara is an entirely ideological concept and a basic pillar of the Buddhist religion.
- kiriakasis 8y agoSome might argue the opposite, that said I agree that the way many people approach religion makes it basically equal to an ideology. But you can approach religions as a topic in countless ways, so I think it is fair not to reduce it to the lowest (albeit maybe most common...) approach people have
- tCfD 8y agoRitual Reality
- bfuller 8y agoOccult knowledge = cheat codes
- smhost 8y agozizek says that the book of job is the first critique of ideology, and he calls himself a christian atheist because he thinks becoming an atheist is only possible by going through christianity. so you have it exactly backwards. or maybe not, who the hell knows with hegelians.
- wry_discontent 8y agoDo you know where he writes about that? I'd be interested to read more.
- smhost 8y agohttps://youtu.be/sQ3g2zS6Tuk?t=3m14s https://youtu.be/sQ3g2zS6Tuk?t=3m14s
- yesenadam 8y agoI have what backwards? Also..I read the book of Job, supposed to be super-impressive. OMG. God comes over as such a twat, is dicking around with Satan, makes a stupid bet just because Satan wants to, to torture the apparently faithful Job. Well, Marxism has a lot of similarities with Christianity, as has been pointed out by a lot of people. So maybe 'that' kind of atheist mostly comes from replacing one's christianity with another religion. Ohh sure, "becoming an atheist" means you used to be religious, I guess. But there are other religions. Thousands and thousands.
- smhost 8y agosounds like you've got it all figured out