Does most criticisms of religon also apply to culture?

Culture/s often has/have people subscribe to beliefs/mannerisms/comraderie/traditions/ancestry/values/prejudice/pride/etc etc blindly... just like what religion does. In fact I would argue, subscribing to a culture is almost exactly like subscribing to a religion... culture breeds just as much hate and division, drives wars and conflict... it also has people fall into culture traps that lets stereotypes have ground to stand on.

Culture rarely has to explain for itself, it's mostly based on faith of the authoritarian that teaches it, like a parents/etc.
In fact it's much harder to confront than a religion, because it is much more evasive, there is not often a core doctrine, book, or leader to pin it down.
It turns human population into there is a them and a us.... and we look out for us.

Just some interesting thoughts I had... I am curious, I feel a lot of the same arguments that are done against religion could also be done against culture... and not just the ones you don't like... ALL culture.

Pretty much.

Arguments against religion tend to really end up being arguments against a specific religious culture. I think that's why you see thos similarities. Typically when you hear people arguing against Christianity what they are really arguing against is Southern US style evangelical bible thumpers. Likewise when you hear people arguing against Islam, it's typically not an argument against Dave Chappelle types (he converted to Islam in the late 90s), it's against fundamentalist Islam. People tend to have a problem with certain religious cultures, not really with the religion itself. They then attack the religion as a way to attack that culture they disagree with.

celticwar17 said:

Culture/s often has/have people subscribe to beliefs/mannerisms/comraderie/traditions/ancestry/values/prejudice/pride/etc etc blindly... just like what religion does. In fact I would argue, subscribing to a culture is almost exactly like subscribing to a religion... culture breeds just as much hate and division, drives wars and conflict... it also has people fall into culture traps that lets stereotypes have ground to stand on.

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Well gee if we make the term "culture" as ambiguous as you are defining it then anything can fall into a "culture." Cultures however change. The Abrahamic Religions have yet to change and conform to modern times. If anything, it's the culture of civilized countries that has prevented Religious beliefs to allow Muslims from stoning women to death in Long Island or allowing Christian parents to sell their daughters for money.

celticwar17 said:

Culture rarely has to explain for itself, it's mostly based on faith of the authoritarian that teaches it, like a parents/etc.
In fact it's much harder to confront than a religion, because it is much more evasive, there is not often a core doctrine, book, or leader to pin it down.
It turns human population into there is a them and a us.... and we look out for us.

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Culture is constantly challenged and warped on a daily basis, if only by small increments. If enough people step up and say "wait, this isn't right." Then the culture begins to change, we've seen this happen throughout history across the world. Yet Religion to this day shovels the same stories they've preached for centuries. Because of this stagnation to change, Religion is one of the biggest dividers in the modern world today.

celticwar17 said:

Just some interesting thoughts I had... I am curious, I feel a lot of the same arguments that are done against religion could also be done against culture... and not just the ones you don't like... ALL culture.

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Not really. You don't necessarily need to present valid proof for the way you live your life. I can't say with a 100% objectivity that my "culture" is right.