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They are choosing religions that reject elite priesthoods [...] They choose no religion.
by danbruc 6y ago
They are choosing religions that reject elite priesthoods [...]
They choose no religion.
- thefounder 6y agoReligion is a way of life. You surely have one, it's just not very ritualistic.
- danbruc 6y agoHaving a religion may be a way of life but not every way of life is a religion. At least as long as we are not stretching the definition of religion into meaninglessness.
- hn_throwaway_99 6y agoI've grown tiresome of this trend to redefine words with well-known and universally understood meanings to basically "whatever I want it to mean".
- SketchySeaBeast 6y agoA, not the. I don't think you can argue with any sort of coherency that rejecting religion is a religion, unless you reduce the concept of religion down to a belief, in which case some people's religion is "bigfoot".
- hobofan 6y agoI can understand that viewpoint (e.g. avid sports fans are a prime example), but it always seems to be a talking point of religious institutions themselves, with the goal of people thinking "oh, I'm bound to have some form of religion anyway, so I'll just stay with my current one".
- fennecfoxen 6y agoThey choose politics. https://www.economist.com/united-states/2021/03/27/religious-fervour-is-migrating-into-politics https://www.economist.com/united-states/2021/03/27/religious...
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- datavirtue 6y agoReligion doesn't have to equal church and rigid dogma. The word is probably ruined in our society by it's connotation. My religion changes often based on new information, ideas, and philosophical exploration.
- ed25519FUUU 6y agoActually they're choosing Islam, which is now by far the fastest growing religion in the world: https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/04/06/why-muslims-are-the-worlds-fastest-growing-religious-group/ https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/04/06/why-muslims...