Good example.
Good example.
“Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice. Moderation in pursuit of justice is no virtue.” - Barry Goldwater
Given that definition, it's easy then to look on most religions as "organized superstition". These are the rules, this what you're supposed to do and believe, and if you follow this path you will receive blessings in this life and spend eternity with God (or some other-Faith equivalent) in the next. Get together enough individuals with a shared superstition (or set of them) and you have a religion.
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Peter1469 (02-17-2023)
"My faith in an invisible God makes me religious. Your faith in invisible fairies and elves makes you a pagan. His faith in the invisible entities that speak to him in his head makes him insane."
Nope, no confirmation bias there.
“Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.” - Robert E. Howard
"Only a rank degenerate would drive 1,500 miles across Texas and not eat a chicken fried steak." - Larry McMurtry
I think the OP definition is far to narrow in a modern context. Many people who do not at all consider themselves religious can believe in crackpot causation for things they don't understand and buy into a great deal of New Age nonsense.
How many progressives believe Earth is a conscious entity "Gaia" that is punishing man for the evils of environmental destruction as just one example. How is that different than believing Lightning or Drought is caused by the Gods?
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