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What substitutes for religions ?

What substitutes for religions ?

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all of the above and then some is the only correct answer

it will be subjective for everybody.
Some wouldn't need, want or care about a substituted and some would

the first question would be does said person have a religion?

if yes what does religion provide for them?

do they need/want what it provides?

if so can it be obtained elsewhere?

for some theres nothing religion provides that cant be obtained else where and theres nothing or theres nothing they need from it and vice versa. For some they need it.

these will differ for most people.
 
Maybe it is Freedom.
 
A broad term but: spirituality?

Religions are just systems of dogmatic principles, and in some cases structural approaches that give the practitioner a chance to come close to the elevated level that another famous figure once had.

In that context, you can just replace religion with trying to inwardly better yourself as a human being in any way you can.
 
What a lazy poll. No explanation, just a vague question.

What substitutes for belly button lint?

Now there is a question to ponder your pupik.
 
Northern Light said:
A broad term but: spirituality?

Religions are just systems of dogmatic principles, and in some cases structural approaches that give the practitioner a chance to come close to the elevated level that another famous figure once had.

In that context, you can just replace religion with trying to inwardly better yourself as a human being in any way you can.
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philosophie option may consist of spritualism
 
AliHajiSheik said:
What a lazy poll. No explanation, just a vague question.

What substitutes for belly button lint?

Now there is a question to ponder your pupik.
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what a stupid post
 
AliHajiSheik said:
What a lazy poll. No explanation, just a vague question.

What substitutes for belly button lint?

Now there is a question to ponder your pupik.
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... but with potentially a monumental impact on our evolution. If you subscribe to the idea that science is adversarial to religion, then we are on an eventual course where religion is forced to adapt (again) or fall out of common use. If follows then science becomes the method to determine our existence and place, then philosophy becomes the method to determine our purpose. It can be a rather impacting statement about humanities propensity to explain what we otherwise cannot within the confines of something that ends up becoming an instrument of social control and order. And on that level quite a bit of the potential answers become ingredients if religion is ever abandoned in totality.
 
OrphanSlug said:
... but with potentially a monumental impact on our evolution. If you subscribe to the idea that science is adversarial to religion, then we are on an eventual course where religion is forced to adapt (again) or fall out of common use. If follows then science becomes the method to determine our existence and place, then philosophy becomes the method to determine our purpose. It can be a rather impacting statement about humanities propensity to explain what we otherwise cannot within the confines of something that ends up becoming an instrument of social control and order. And on that level quite a bit of the potential answers become ingredients if religion is ever abandoned in totality.
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Fine, you teach the OP how to post a poll.
 
From the list of choices given, I'd say philosophy and psychology, depending on the individual in question. For a person who tends not to be religious in the first place, philosophy is a pretty close disclipine. For someone who has a strong religious tendency, psychology is probably a better substitute, as it is the study of "mind", which is the real underlying focus of religion's influence on the individual.

Note, I am referring to the effects on the individual, and not on the religious community or group as a whole. To me, religion is a highly personal and individualized practice.
 
Medusa said:
l agree ,conswervatives in every country use religions
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well, no. Conservatives in China, for example, are atheists, and sometimes somewhat violently so.

Politics replaces religion once religion is lost, for most. It's where people tend to turn for transcendent meaning / higher purpose / etc. when they lack a faith in the divine.
 
Medusa said:
at a moment in your life you may be questioning what will happen to you or why you are here
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Basing my vote and response on what you said here as a frame for your poll my answer is "Other".

I have a relationship with God that has nothing to do with religion (although I don't discount the work of religious people and am extensively read in a number of religious traditions). So I'd certainly fall back on that.

I'd also rely on the people in my life to help me through whatever difficult time I encountered.

I guess I could also have voted for science because, dependent upon what the issue was, that would certainly be one method of dealing with it.
 
soot said:
Basing my vote and response on what you said here as a frame for your poll my answer is "Other".

I have a relationship with God that has nothing to do with religion (although I don't discount the work of religious people and am extensively read in a number of religious traditions). So I'd certainly fall back on that.

I'd also rely on the people in my life to help me through whatever difficult time I encountered.

I guess I could also have voted for science because, dependent upon what the issue was, that would certainly be one method of dealing with it.
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l believe the science doesnt give you hope and just deals with concrete phenomena but the belief offers you an aesthetical way of thinking
 
Medusa said:
l believe the science doesnt give you hope and just deals with concrete phenomena but the belief offers you an aesthetical way of thinking
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If I have cancer I hope that a medical/scientific treatment is going to work for me.
 
soot said:
If I have cancer I hope that a medical/scientific treatment is going to work for me.
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thats another issue .what if you need prayer to feel good and hang on to your life ,you will need to relieve your mind
 
There is no replacement. You're geared toward it or you aren't. Proclivity towards religion isn't going to substitute for a disinterest in psychology, philosophy, science, politics, culture or art. I'm not sure why the reverse would be valid.
 
Faith and religion are not the same thing. Faith is the goal, not religion.
 
tech30528 said:
Faith and religion are not the same thing. Faith is the goal, not religion.
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They may not be the same thing, but the latter sure does rely on the former else there is little point to religion.
 
tech30528 said:
Faith and religion are not the same thing. Faith is the goal, not religion.
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l didnt directly say they were the same.poll isnt about whether they are the same or not
 
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