Religion is not a concrete entity existing as a social unit on the ground or as a
cloud up in the air. Religion is a word that we give the status of concreteness
because we fall in the trap of reification, treating an abstraction as if it has
a material existence. Some even fall in the trap of anthropomorphization, seeing
religion as if it acts like a human being.
But religion is an emperor without clothes. Human beings are the really existing entities. It’s people who share their spiritual experiences with others in
certain rituals and buildings and have installed certain codes of conduct.
Therefore, religions do not bring violence or peace. People do.
Therefore, religions do not bring violence or peace. People do.
Well i was thinking something like this, when i got up in the morning and thank god to give me this new day to live and share. God is amazing cause, its such a amazing word we have created to fill that space when you feel that place is empty again, which you were filling with a human, father, lover or dog. And religion is just a distraction which we have create for us to escape from that reality in present moment...i don't know if it is connecting to what you are saying, words you use are little heavy for me, i do understand the main thing you want to say, but not all the words. :D
BeantwoordenVerwijderenYou hit the nail even further than I do when you say that God is a word we have created to fill the empty space that we were filling with a human, father, lover or dog. :-)
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