I got downvoted to hell last time I expressed my views about religion, but it has served me well for 29 years now (having been born in the shadow of the Vatican), so I am willing to share again:
I work, collaborate, spend time and even sometimes have sex with religious people, all while maintaining the idea that each one of them is akin to a dormant terrorist cell, and that given the right conditions their fundamental distancing from reason and in some cases recognition of undeserved authority can turn against me and everyone else.
I live a subtly tense life, but usually I am already in a safe place when shit hits the fan.
I also have a very wide definition of religion and of priest.
Religion
I got downvoted to hell last time I expressed my views about religion, but it has served me well for 29 years now (having been born in the shadow of the Vatican), so I am willing to share again:
I work, collaborate, spend time and even sometimes have sex with religious people, all while maintaining the idea that each one of them is akin to a dormant terrorist cell, and that given the right conditions their fundamental distancing from reason and in some cases recognition of undeserved authority can turn against me and everyone else.
I live a subtly tense life, but usually I am already in a safe place when shit hits the fan.
I also have a very wide definition of religion and of priest.
Came here to say fascism, but you win. Religion is worse…
some say fascism is a form of religion
not necessarily
Name an ideological concept that has led to more killing and death then religion…
Natalism?
dogmatism
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dogma
/dôg′mə, dŏg′-/
noun
A doctrine or a corpus of doctrines relating to matters such as morality and faith, set forth in an authoritative manner by a religion
dogmatism
noun
dog·ma·tism ˈdȯg-mə-ˌti-zəm
: the expression of an opinion or belief as if it were a fact : positiveness in assertion of opinion especially when unwarranted or arrogant
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dogmatism