Outstanding essay. If you're going to call something a religion, it better have at least a few hallmarks of religion: *shared* cosmic origin story; supernatural forces of some kind or another; rituals that affirm these forces and stories, etc.https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/04/opinion/sunday/politics-new-religion.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage …
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Replying to @AlanLevinovitz
I mean the rituals...the worshiping Paltrow. The use of God and nature
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Replying to @DrJenGunter @AlanLevinovitz
Does a religion necessarily have to have a supernatural origin story, though?
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Replying to @gorskon @DrJenGunter
IMO no...you don't have to have all of the above markers, but you need at least some of them.
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The pop up shops are temples!
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Replying to @AlanLevinovitz @DrJenGunter
Complete with holy relics that you can buy!
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