Extraneous forces. Religion reacts to them, adapts to them, remakes itself in relation to them.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @Intrinsic29
Faith remains constant problem, doctrines and tradition guide the response but religion is always creation of culture.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @Intrinsic29
It lags behind, obv. Retains much of the culture it was invented in & picks up more along the way.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @Intrinsic29
We can't even think the way ppl did when Christianity was invented. Harder & harder to understand human sacrifice.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
Well it was also doctrinal and probably quite a bit of scope to the actual propositions people believed then too.
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Replying to @Intrinsic29 @HPluckrose
But if we're teasing out how much harm each religion has caused now, I'm not sure I have much of a clue there.
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Replying to @Intrinsic29
I'm mostly good on 11th-17th century Europe so I'd be limited on this.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
Also, as a side pt, the population is much higher now than in the past so current harm may be much more significant than then.
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Replying to @Intrinsic29
Like the way Pinker does it. Percentage of population.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
Then Cain and Abel may represent the most brutal slaughter in history. :p
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