that's how a lot of cultures work too

At the micro level you would think these entities are completely suicidal

they have rituals and ideals in place for the purpose of preserving the system

Yes, maintaining critical mass

The origin of religion

but culture isn't static, so there's a freedom to evolve based on environmental pressures

and so you see that happen when the environment for a culture changes

To prevent people from becoming TOO self-aware and indepently critical that they cannot agree with anyone, thus all wander away and die

I've recently been studying indian culture and you see this a lot, even within castes and between families

It is one reason I believe we have such issues with religion. It is a tool we should have tossed away long ago.

We outgrew its use.

I don't have a problem with religion

We have other concepts to replace it that will unify us.

I think the usefulness of any tool depends on the competence of those who wield it

It is too authoritarian and subversive, rejecting, for the most part, critical thinking.

and I think a lot of people just lost a lot of their common sense at some point in history

If your tool does not allow you to wonder if it is broken, then your tool is probably fucked now, or will be at some point.

And you will never know.

well don't go thinking dogma is just a problem with religion

It isnt

dogma exists in literally every human endeavor

I mean it *can* but I wouod not say it *does*.

and dogma isn't a core component of religion

it's a byproduct of people being people

It always seems to come with it, so my solution is simple. Get rid of the thing that is always bringing the other thing.

then you may as well get rid of science and philosophy, because they are also plagued with dogma

also economics

I don't think you can get rid of it but you get my point

Peopoe shoukd resist the subversion

yes but what I'm saying is don't throw the baby out with the bathwater

And if the baby wants to kill everyone?

religion is a specific tool, just like science and philosophy, and politics, and every other dimension of the human spirit

Except ots parents

and they all can produce dogma, and they all can become murderous

the Frankfurt School was not a religious school

Yes and look at Islam. It needs very badly to not exist, for the sake of my OWN existence.

Eugenics is not based on the foundation of a deity

any dimension of human pursuit can fall victim to ignorance and dogma

You make your own deity at that point, the ideal person.

and if you pick favorites then you are falling victim to your own personal dogma

Self defense is not dogma.