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as though everyone hopelessly consumed by anxiety, existential meaninglessness and insecurity nowadays isn’t argument enough in favor of the religions you’re di
by gnusty_gnurc 6y ago
as though everyone hopelessly consumed by anxiety, existential meaninglessness and insecurity nowadays isn’t argument enough in favor of the religions you’re discounting...old things aren’t inherently simple-minded or useless
- fredfoobar 6y agoWhatever floats your psychology man, do what you have to.
- Loughla 6y agoI find this argument interesting. I want to focus on the anxiety portion. Is there proof that people are more anxious today than in the past? Is there proof that religious morals and expectations didn't have a negative impact on folks' anxiety levels in the past? What about religion means individuals would be less anxious, and how do you prove that?
- gnusty_gnurc 6y agoIt's not that we believe nothing now; it seems clear that nowadays many people will believe anything. It's unwise to assume that forgoing the complex and slowly evolved structures of the past is going to liberate people...many just replace it with nonsense. My original point was that discounting past things like "religion" in black/white terms ignores that these things were the basis of advanced civilizations that led us to today and managed to withstand circumstances much worse than what we're facing today. Tons of horrible issues, but focusing on the bad parts is too easy and narrow-minded.