Religion and faith are two related but distinct things. Faith is a particular collection of beliefs about the nature of the world.
Religion is a form of social control that uses faith to imprison those that share the faith. Which is why gods frequently seem so schizophrenic.
They love you unconditionally, but also are the cause of all your suffering. If you don’t worship the right way. If you don’t let the clerics and rich fucks take your girls and rape them, if you don’t give your money. If you upstage the worship leader’s wife, singing that one song.
Ultimately, faith says, “I believe x.” Where religion says “I believe x and if you don’t agree with me, I will kill you.”
Religion will always attract the worst elements. The narcissists, the morally defunct. The ethically challenged. Because that power appeals to them.
The Catholic Church didn’t get fucking rich, and holds the power of a nation-state by feeding the poor and tending the sick.
Religion and faith are two related but distinct things. Faith is a particular collection of beliefs about the nature of the world.
Religion is a form of social control that uses faith to imprison those that share the faith. Which is why gods frequently seem so schizophrenic.
They love you unconditionally, but also are the cause of all your suffering. If you don’t worship the right way. If you don’t let the clerics and rich fucks take your girls and rape them, if you don’t give your money. If you upstage the worship leader’s wife, singing that one song.
Ultimately, faith says, “I believe x.” Where religion says “I believe x and if you don’t agree with me, I will kill you.”
Religion will always attract the worst elements. The narcissists, the morally defunct. The ethically challenged. Because that power appeals to them.
The Catholic Church didn’t get fucking rich, and holds the power of a nation-state by feeding the poor and tending the sick.