Religion is a self-sustaining beast. It reproduces - it's got 'evangelizing' parts and 'have lots of babies' parts - also some vestigial 'don't abort' and 'get married before sex' parts too, which were ideal in its original environment, but now no longer useful. 1/
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Ironically, according to this definition many liberal churches in America are no longer hosts to religious creatures; the reproductive and defense elements have been eviscerated; their religion has been taxidermied and put on display as some sort of fond memory. 8/
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And according to this definition many things that aren't actual religions, are doing the same thing in spirit to religions. The BLM movement seems to be heading this direction - it hits hard every single one of the points I listed above.
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I don't think all religions or all of what we describe as "religion" have such legible boundaries. You will find places for example where Muslims and Buddhists go to each others festivals, consult each others faith healers, visit each other's shrines, etc.
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People left to their own devices tend to be spiritually promiscuous, and there may or may not be a nearby priest/scholar class that wants to impose canon and render doctrine uniform.
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