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noodling on religion again
Nov. 22nd, 2022 03:48 pm Shit sucks, generally, and thinking about religion makes me feel less bad about it, so I'm gonna do that here.
Several months ago, on another site someone (I think jokingly) proposed that any religious belief is, at it's core, an expression of a desire for discipline. I believe that this is incorrect but I can see how someone from a dominantly Christian society, whose exposure to religious expression looks like people who are insincerely performative and/or malicious. While I doubt that some people do get structure/discipline from their religious practice, I would argue instead that religious pursuit is not rooted in a desire for discipline. Rather, discipline is one of the mechanism one uses in practicing faith to reach other faith-based goals.
( More Woo on Demand )
Several months ago, on another site someone (I think jokingly) proposed that any religious belief is, at it's core, an expression of a desire for discipline. I believe that this is incorrect but I can see how someone from a dominantly Christian society, whose exposure to religious expression looks like people who are insincerely performative and/or malicious. While I doubt that some people do get structure/discipline from their religious practice, I would argue instead that religious pursuit is not rooted in a desire for discipline. Rather, discipline is one of the mechanism one uses in practicing faith to reach other faith-based goals.
( More Woo on Demand )
