Thread: Did faith based religions put us back 2000 years?

but aren't those philosophies?

Originally Posted by Mrs. Jones

but aren't those philosophies?

Buddhism, Hinduism and Taoism are definitely classified as religions, as far as I know, while Confucianism is a philosophical system and Satanism is a Left-Hand-Path religion which kind of makes it a mixture. It really depends on the definition that you're using, so we're basically arguing semantics.

Originally Posted by Korittke

we're basically arguing semantics.

oh then i won't get into that.

I believe in a kind of social karma - although I do not like the word, I know no other term to describe it. It is obvious that the society affects the way we think and feel - and this is what I call social karma. This social karma evolves in steps, and in my opinion it would not have been possible to skip the time of blind faith. It would've been a necessary requirement to have the kind of science-based society that we now have.

And the science age is far from ideal. Most people in the world still suffer, so there is a long way of progress ahead for mankind. I believe that a unification of science with religion will be the next step, next stage in mankind's development.

I believe that in the age of science all religions are detrimental to society.

Instead of "non-faith-based religions", we should focus on "religion-free faith" (i.e. keep the "personal relationship with deity" component that gives some people an easier time to come to terms with the unknowable, and throw out the dogmatic bs).