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"Many are into what I'd call cults but what most would call run-of-the-mill superstitious beliefs (voodoo, etc.)" Voodoo is not a run-of-the-mill superstition/
by SolaceQuantum 8y ago
"Many are into what I'd call cults but what most would call run-of-the-mill superstitious beliefs (voodoo, etc.)"
Voodoo is not a run-of-the-mill superstition/cult any more than a major abrahamic religion is. It is a valid, recognized religious practice [1].
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_Vod%C3%BA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_Vod%C3%BA
- pmarreck 8y agoI think I'm allowed to have a very negative opinion of unfounded belief systems, given the damage they've done the past 3000 years up to and including the present U.S. "fakenews is whatever I don't believe is true" administration https://www.salon.com/2014/11/17/6_reasons_why_religion_does_more_harm_than_good_partner/ https://www.salon.com/2014/11/17/6_reasons_why_religion_does...