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In practise, both are probably true. I fundamentally dislike religion and the tribal, irrational cult like mind control they seem to all exhibit. But I have s
by MattPalmer1086 5y ago
In practise, both are probably true.
I fundamentally dislike religion and the tribal, irrational cult like mind control they seem to all exhibit. But I have seen it in a different light after reading "Sapiens" by Yuval Harari. So I now acknowledge that it has probably played a useful role in human society, despite its large negative traits.
- elefanten 5y agoYeah, I've been against religion most of my life, but softened the stance a bit. There's good and bad. We need a modern social construct that fulfills and replaces some of what religion provided. I don't think we've nailed that yet.
- inkblotuniverse 5y agoIt's not that easy to replace something that arose semi-organically across large swaths of space and time. The whale is dead, and we've been living in its carcass for the last 200 years. Can you build a replacement whale whole cloth? Do you understand what all the little fiddly bits do, and why they're there? It sounds hard
- MattPalmer1086 5y agoAlain De Botton makes this argument in Religion for Athiests. https://www.alaindebotton.com/religion/ https://www.alaindebotton.com/religion/