> No, religion is all about absolutism, it is a totalitarian world view by definition. It is argument from certainty. This strikes me as scientific fundamental

> No, religion is all about absolutism, it is a totalitarian world view by definition. It is argument from certainty. This strikes me as scientific fundamentalism. Many religions seem to incorporate a great deal of questioning and reflection, like Wicca and Buddhism. > And seriously, believing something as absolute because it makes you feel good is a definition of delusion. Few people could conceive and systematize people as tending to become trapped in a cycle of appetites and fears, and deduce ways of thinking to help escape from the cycle. The Buddha could. You need not accept every letter of dogma to improve yourself with Buddhism, any more than you need to accept alchemy to learn from the teachings of Newton.