99% of religious membership is based upon birth. Every Muslim would be a Jew had they been born to Jewish instead of Muslim parents. And vice versa. It's true for every religion.
Every organized religion on earth would disappear within one generation if membership was not passed on through birth.
That describes pretty much every human idea, cultural practice, and belief. You may think that makes it all seem arbitrary, but I think it just highlights its importance.
Many will incorrectly answer "no" to this question, not realizing their system of values and beliefs and rituals has every hallmark of religion except the belief in a supernatural god.
I found a list of hallmarks of religion: Belief System, Sacred Texts, Rituals, Moral Code, Worship, Community, Spiritual Experience, Institutions, Mythology, Symbols, Afterlife Beliefs, Sacredness, Prophecy.
You're the one not realizing, it's that final belief that makes it a religion, that other shit you mention isn't religion, it's just world view and lifestyle neither of which are traits unique to religion. "How to live life" is not religion.
A system of morals has nothing to do with religion, no matter how much the religious folk like to claim that they are inextricably linked. So no, absence of belief is not religion-lite.
After careful consideration of multiple compensation packages, culture, philosophy, open-mindedness, vacation & benefits packages, I went with atheism.
Great meal selection, no mandated daily/weekly/monthly meetings, no mandated training, super diverse culture, lack of shame, violence, and judgement for natural human behaviors. Best of all you can work as much or as little as you want.
No one has been sacrificed... At least not since Jerry reheated talapia in the break room microwave.
I was raised in a Christian fundamentalist church, one of the “everyone but us is doing Christianity wrong” variants which encouraged bible study. That study led me to examine their own beliefs critically and I am now an atheist.
Now I guess you could consider me a deist, since I think if we are going to define God as some kind of infinite extension of some aspect of humanity then God would have to be a hyper turing machine then in my estimation.
Seems like such a thing could not exist in this universe, but I do actually choose to, loosely, believe something along that line exists, but we couldn't actually interact with or understand an entity like that... on like a mathematical level we couldn't.
So I explicitly disbelieve in a personal god of any kind. There could be a demiurge but I see no reason why it would have moral authority or anything, maybe it could torture you endlessly I guess XD.
But I take things from every other faith or movement and keep an open mind about things. Eastern asian cultures are very interesting to study right now.
No. I am atheist, but I happily encourage the lessons of Buddhism and religious pluralism. (This came about from having an atheist father and Buddhist mother)
I am the only atheist that I know of that helps teach at a Sunday school. I still believe in community and the greater good. My friends tell me this is because I have not been betrayed often enough.
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Every organized religion on earth would disappear within one generation if membership was not passed on through birth.
How long do you think that would last?
Great meal selection, no mandated daily/weekly/monthly meetings, no mandated training, super diverse culture, lack of shame, violence, and judgement for natural human behaviors. Best of all you can work as much or as little as you want.
No one has been sacrificed... At least not since Jerry reheated talapia in the break room microwave.
Shit christmas parties though.
Now I guess you could consider me a deist, since I think if we are going to define God as some kind of infinite extension of some aspect of humanity then God would have to be a hyper turing machine then in my estimation.
Seems like such a thing could not exist in this universe, but I do actually choose to, loosely, believe something along that line exists, but we couldn't actually interact with or understand an entity like that... on like a mathematical level we couldn't.
So I explicitly disbelieve in a personal god of any kind. There could be a demiurge but I see no reason why it would have moral authority or anything, maybe it could torture you endlessly I guess XD.
But I take things from every other faith or movement and keep an open mind about things. Eastern asian cultures are very interesting to study right now.
Do you have Discord? My tag is ss1515
I am the only atheist that I know of that helps teach at a Sunday school. I still believe in community and the greater good. My friends tell me this is because I have not been betrayed often enough.
I try to be a good person because it’s right, not because I might be punished in the afterlife