In various points in human history, religion has served as science, art, politics, psychology, social services, history, etc. Modernity includes a progressive differentiating out of these tasks from their sacred origins. That doesn't mean they are a substitute for religion
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ironically they are the ones following the new civic religion
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What is religion a substitute for?
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Critical thought.
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not just a conservative trope. this was nietzsche's point about humanism - it's christianity in disguise and no better justified.
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I’m not sure what I’d substitute for a thing that isn’t based on any evidence.
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If X were in fact a substitute for religion, people would do it for an hour most weekends and use it to justify their prejudices and excuse their vices the rest of the week.
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Nationalism.
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I think there are Christian-branded, store bought substitutes for all that. Kinda wonder if that's why they get so enthused about boycotts of trivial stuff every month or so.
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It’s really quite bold to claim something aspires to a position like Christianity or Islam. “X aspires to be the load-bearing foundation of human understanding and action” is quite the claim.
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