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> Relics are only a way of advertising the religion. I can't follow you here. Relics only have a meaning when you already believe them to be relics and no jus
by 1718627440 10mo ago
> Relics are only a way of advertising the religion.
I can't follow you here. Relics only have a meaning when you already believe them to be relics and no just random bones. How is that advertising?
- amelius 10mo agoNo, you don't have to be religious to understand what religious symbols are about.
- 1718627440 10mo agoYou can understand them, but there is no point for you, since they don't mean anything to you.
- amelius 10mo agoDepends on how much "supporting evidence" you give me.
- 1718627440 10mo agoI don't really think I got your point. All "evidence" that the bones in location X are really those of St. Y, won't have any effect on you, when you don't care about St. Y at all, because you don't believe in that religion.
- gambiting 10mo agoImagine you have no religion, but are feeling spiritual and want to find something real. Do you go to the church of a religion that claims it has the actual remains of their saints, or the one that only has pictures and empty walls? Actually, maybe that's a stupid question as people absolutely do both. But there is an element of "look how great we are because we have a splinter from the holy cross in our church".