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We've been killing gods since the dawn of times. The word religion itself originally was all about worshiping a god. Now everyone can define "God" how they wa
by lapnitnelav 8y ago
We've been killing gods since the dawn of times.
The word religion itself originally was all about worshiping a god.
Now everyone can define "God" how they want and follow whatever the scriptures advise, but let's not fool ourselves here, it's always been about power / control.
- dragonwriter 8y ago> The word religion itself originally was all about worshiping a god. Not really, it was specifically about life under monastic vows (which, where it was coined, involved worship of the Christian God, but that wasn't the feature “religion” referred to, but instead the life bound by vows.) In fact, the Catholic Church still used the adjective and noin “religious” in that sense, while it uses “religion” in the newer modern sense; a monk or nun is a “religious", a cleric in an order is a member of the “religious clergy” while those outside of an order are members of the “secular clergy”.
- lapnitnelav 8y agoYeah but if you dig deeper [0], original latin word : "respect for what is sacred, reverence for the gods; conscientiousness, sense of right, moral obligation; fear of the gods; divine service, religious observance; a religion, a faith, a mode of worship, cult; sanctity, holiness" https://www.etymonline.com/word/religion https://www.etymonline.com/word/religion