Does religion makes civilization stronger or religion does destroy it?
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does niether really.
just another ingrident in the pot man.
gives some solid good morals, other derranged views of the world
depends on the way the individual percives it.
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Religion strengthens cultures, particularly ones beset by conflict or under threat from others. It does so by forming social cohesion, providing a rationale for considering outsiders to be outsiders, and groups people neatly into those who are righteous and those who are not.
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Originally posted by squealpiggy View PostReligion strengthens cultures, particularly ones beset by conflict or under threat from others. It does so by forming social cohesion, providing a rationale for considering outsiders to be outsiders, and groups people neatly into those who are righteous and those who are not.
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Originally posted by led* View PostBut isn't religion is one the reasons why there is war?
Religion evolves from animist and totemic spirit reverence into actual spirit worship and eventually the spirits are imbued with greater and greater powers until they become gods, then the gods settle into hierarchies until finally there is a king of the gods, and this may eventually evolve into a single god. Usually at some point there evolves a narrative about the afterlife and about rewards and punishments and successful mutations of the religious meme tend to include a concept of hell, usually the worst of which is reserved for people who don't actually belong to that religion.
Religion improves social cohesion and if a society grows significantly stronger than those around it or if the religious meme is a particularly potent one then it may be adopted by other societies and then spread. A strong enough religion can mutate into one which demands the conversion of its neighbours and thus causes war.
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Originally posted by led* View PostBut isn't religion is one the reasons why there is war?
Imo
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This is about what religion you believe in. Peoples need to have solid-strong religious faith in order to survive. Non-religious belief communities are bound to disintegration.
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