Message from @fallot
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religion is direction in all aspects of life, the only alternative is nihilism
yeah
Disagree completely
Yeah it is that simple
Religion has been very very important
We can see where religion has faded
Great pathologies emerge
if people do not have time honored religion they are subject to believing any random thing each year
I agree but I think it's still important
To which the religious are resistant
Relatively
For example having kids
Religion helped Europe become the greatest continent on earth
Marriage
Thinking sodomy is evil
Etc.
yeah
It is more than that Josef, basic to humanity
Anywhere you put man
You get language
language, money, religion
These two things
Rome, the Byzantine empire, the Ottoman Empire all shaped Europe and were based on religious beliefs
Not money
Religion is not just the actual aspects
None of those empires would have expanded without religion
But a holistic view of existence as MEANINGFUL
This is motivationally essential
Religion gives existence meaning
And keeps our psyche grounded
also interestingly, despite the modern stereotype based on southern hicks that religiosity and learning are antithetical, throughout history it's been the religious priests who kept literacy and historical records going
More than that, nothing else really does
But of course you are right
Leftism comes close as an antireligion
I also think a lack of a overwhelming dominant religion in Africa is the reason Africa is so backwards
A parody of faith
No it has religion
Embedded in all of life
What it doesnt have is philosophy
Not one singular dominant one, like America and Europe