Answer for: Why do you generalize religion?
#6 Religion is something general
All religions have some things in common :
-Demand blind believing
-Proselytism
-Try to control most aspects of faithfuls' life (sexuality, eating, birth, death...)
-Try to play a political role incompatible with their "spirituality"
And that's not really a coincidence, that's *exactly* the questionnable aspects of religion. The rest (believing in gods with animal head or with mutiple arms) are details
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This is not true.
Can you develop a bit ?
If your goal is to convince anyone otherwise, you're going to have to do a much better job than that, Alexander.
The original claims are completely without support, so I really feel that that is the claim that should be developed first, not my response.
However, I can develop my response a bit:
Not all religions demand blind believing. Firstly, you do not know all religions. Secondly, "blind believing" is a nonsensical term. All belief, evidence and truth are on a scale from 0% convinced to 100% convinced.
The fact that you don't know all religions also cover the rest of the claims in the original answer.
How much "developing" do you need? That I find specific religions that counter every point on the list above?
Now, could you please develop the original claim.
How could I develop something like "demand blind believing" ? It's just trivial. Religions have no evidence for their dogma. It's a contradiction in the terms : if evidence exist, it's no more a faith, but a knowledge.
Proselytism : every religino wants more believers, like every business wants more customers. Do you really want me to demonstrate that ?
Control the most possible aspects of the believers life and political role : I refuse to examine each religion, its' too long, so *you* will have to find exceptions if you find some.
Proselytizing is not common to all religions. My history professor emphasized that it is unique to the "world religions" (Christianity, Islam, Buddhism), but is absent from more traditional religions (Judaism, Hinduism, Taoism), which view themselves as rooted in a particular nationality, geography, and culture.
http://www.grupthink.com/answer/34371
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