Why “religions” is being discussed
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> someone will "restore order" by any means necessary. Ah the good old appeal to / waiting for higher authority that will be moral and just and will do whats right and corr…
by kakacik · Sep 9, 2026
>That does not make "traditions flexible". It's just a cheap tactic to increase followers/harvest souls. That's not mutually exclusive. You're certainly right that religion…
by Barrin92 · Sep 9, 2026
Not really. I'll warrant I've clocked a lot more time on the planet, done a lot more jobs, lived in a lot more countries, studied a lot more philosophies, religions and language…
by noduerme · Sep 9, 2026
The other reply offered a perfectly good set of corrections but I want to add my own clarifications. One point I wanted to make in my original comment was that monotheism vs pol…
by jact · Sep 9, 2026
You seem to be responding to something I didn't say. I have no doubt that "there are literally hundreds of eastern religions and philosophies", or that the Buddha is reported as…
by geye1234 · Sep 9, 2026
> or the caste system (unthinkable in Islam or Christianity, a base part of reality in Hinduism), etc. The historical prominence of the slave trade in both the Christian and Isl…
by danans · Sep 9, 2026
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Religion is a range of social-cultural systems, including designated behaviors and practices, ethics, morals, beliefs, worldviews, texts, sanctified places, prophecies, or organizations, that generally relate humanity to supernatural, transcendental, and spiritual elements—although there is no scholarly consensus over what precisely constitutes a religion. It is an essentially contested concept. Different religions may or may not contain various elements ranging from the divine, sacredness, faith, and a supernatural being or beings. Read more on Wikipedia