I agree Pol. No real need to define big religions, unless Tony has something cunning in mind. Our cat runs a small religion with only four acolytes - me, Sue and the dogs. Worship involves feeding her first, fur preening (Max's tongue), stroke smoothing to raise the purr god, warm spot provision (Zak's tummy) and box on dishwasher. Big is a bit obvious once one understands small.
The origins of these big religions is much more obscure than they let on. Jews may be worshipping a Sun god copy, Christians may be Flavians (the sect invented by Romans as a control mechanism), Islamists may be Berber Jews copying Rome's use of Christianity as a control device and so on. Many religious words describe freedom from debt, like jubilee and thus some rebellious stuff may have been involved before the institutionalisation. On Thursday, 5 February 2015 16:31:19 UTC, pol.science kid wrote: > > I checked the etymology of religion... It makes even more suspicious of > religion.. Why do most people confuse being a theist with being > religious... Religion is just increasingly irritating.. I guess sometimes > they overlap of course.. Theism and being religious.. But i am just > thinking.. When these big religions were supposedly concieved their message > must have been to people in general right. Not to hindus or muslims or > christians etc... Right? -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
