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Interesting perspective considering the majority of religious people (that I've encountered) preach without practicing or adhering to established doctrine. Wou
by shanebellone 4y ago
Interesting perspective considering the majority of religious people (that I've encountered) preach without practicing or adhering to established doctrine.
Would you consider those people religious, casually religious, or not at all religious?
- mbg721 4y agoI'm using "casually religious" to mean "I go to church because my parents always did, but I don't really believe in that superstitious nonsense." Catholicism in particular is going through a stark divide right now, because the "Christmas and Easter" Catholics are no longer bothering to show up for Christmas or Easter. So at a glance, it looks like the Church is getting more conservative, but it's really mostly attrition. But that's all outward religious practice; my comment was more getting at my suspicion that many human behaviors are effectively religion in disguise. Where do axioms come from?
- shanebellone 4y agoWhere did religious axioms come from? From those who sought to control through the theft of individual power and by consolidating that power to a ruling class.