sanitation@lemmy.today to politics · 1 month agoHow Did American Christianity End Up Like This?www.newyorker.comexternal-linkmessage-square18linkfedilinkarrow-up168arrow-down13
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minus-squareyesmanlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoIt’s an interesting article for those interested in Christian history in America. I’m not a fan of applying econ101 to everything. Looking at religion as a market competing for customers is the most atheist thing I’ve ever heard.
minus-squareHylactor@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 month agoWell, they donhave door to door salesmen.
minus-squarezloubida@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 month agoThere is a market of ideas however, religious ideas included.
minus-squaresunsofold@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoIt’s a framework for understanding, a map of a territory that exists only in the mind, like everything else.
It’s an interesting article for those interested in Christian history in America. I’m not a fan of applying econ101 to everything. Looking at religion as a market competing for customers is the most atheist thing I’ve ever heard.
Well, they donhave door to door salesmen.
There is a market of ideas however, religious ideas included.
It’s a framework for understanding, a map of a territory that exists only in the mind, like everything else.