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A Religious Animal

Man is a religious animal

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Just as Man is a social animal,

Just as Man is a political animal,

Indeed just as Man is a rational animal

So too is Man a religious animal

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From the primitive cave painting to the Sistine Chapel,

Man has tried to connect with Divinity

Before the later revelations,

Before the visions and covenants that came later,

Before the tribal organization of religion,

From the very beginning

Man sought connection (religare, to bind fast) to the Spirit


Religion is in Mankind's DNA

Religion is in the nature of Man

To deny the religious impulse in Man
To decry the religious experience in Man
To defy the institution of religion
Is the Height of Folly
Is the Depths of Despair

Religion is the Signature of Man

Some things have been near universal and all human societies throughout history. Religion is certainly one of them. But so have slavery and misogyny and primitive tribalism. To say that religion has been universal throughout the history of man and therefore something to just be excepted, or even be lauded, I still think there slavery and misogyny should be too.

I am not saying religion is necessarily bad. But I think the argument that just because something has been universal among human societies to date necessarily means that it is an inevitable part of human nature is not accurate. If anything that the study of anthropology, sociology, and history have shown is that human nature is far more malleable than we have ever imagined.

While it’s true that religion has been almost near universal all human societies, there is nothing inevitable about it.
 
What do you mean by behind or beyond? And how can you know that there is a behind or beyond? It sounds like something make believe pretending to be profound.
Everything outside of the unduly exalted methodically limited scientific imagination sounds like something imaginary to you, which is also the reason profundity goes undetected by you.

Now I'm on hiatus until the 21st. Happy New Year. I'll resume the attempt to broaden your horizons when I return. :)
 
Some things have been near universal and all human societies throughout history. Religion is certainly one of them. But so have slavery and misogyny and primitive tribalism. To say that religion has been universal throughout the history of man and therefore something to just be excepted, or even be lauded, I still think there slavery and misogyny should be too.

I am not saying religion is necessarily bad. But I think the argument that just because something has been universal among human societies to date necessarily means that it is an inevitable part of human nature is not accurate. If anything that the study of anthropology, sociology, and history have shown is that human nature is far more malleable than we have ever imagined.

While it’s true that religion has been almost near universal all human societies, there is nothing inevitable about it.
Your argument applies equally to human society and politics, but you don't apply it there. How do you except religion? And why?
 
Within the next decade, humanity will be divided into two groups.

The group that will worship a man on earth (or his "image") and take his "mark" ......

and,

another group that will refuse to worship this man (or his "image") and will refuse to take his "mark".

The latter group will be beheaded.
 
Everything outside of the unduly exalted methodically limited scientific imagination sounds like something imaginary to you, which is also the reason profundity goes undetected by you.

Now I'm on hiatus until the 21st. Happy New Year. I'll resume the attempt to broaden your horizons when I return. :)

No, things that are not easily confirmed by independent observation sounds like something that could be imaginary. Claims of getting "feelings" about a realm outside and beyond sounds like something that can never be independently observed and verified. I think skepticism is in order for such claims.
 
Within the next decade, humanity will be divided into two groups.

The group that will worship a man on earth (or his "image") and take his "mark" ......

and,

another group that will refuse to worship this man (or his "image") and will refuse to take his "mark".

The latter group will be beheaded.

More evidence of the vivid imagination of man and the absurd lengths it can take us to. Your dark fantasy has little chance of coming true, maybe slightly better than a god revealing itself to all humanity.
 
If true, that's because those included in your "we" have been gravely limited in their reading and thought.

But that is not your claim. You claim it is in us simply because we are humans, not due to anything we read or think. If it is there, it should be able to manifest itself naturally and not need to be taught or learned.
 
Angel,

well written.

Man has had a longing for God since the beginning's of time.

To go against God and His plans of Salvation through His Son, Jesus Christ, is to go against all that we were created for.

What about other religious beliefs?
 
With a meaning, and true. Your inability to discern as much tells against your limited scientific orientation.

Not true, just a saying. All sayings are not true. It depends on the subject at hand. Exceptions do not literally prove rules. You put way too much stock in word games.
 
What makes those facts is that they are borne out empirically with an intelligent glance at the world and world history.
Your inability to recognize their factuality reflects poorly on your limited scientific orientation.

Once again with the insults. What makes your glance so intelligent and mine not?
 
Within the next decade, humanity will be divided into two groups.

The group that will worship a man on earth (or his "image") and take his "mark" ......

and,

another group that will refuse to worship this man (or his "image") and will refuse to take his "mark".

The latter group will be beheaded.

You're too late, I'm afraid. That already happened.
 
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