It is obvious that all religion is escapism but it’s not so obvious that all escapism is religion religion: belief in the net benevolence of things you cannot control if you commit to not observing them as well if you don’t look at it, it will be nice to you
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If we reframe “nice to you” to “won’t actively hurt you” then I’m onboard
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Replying to @vgr
Am thinking abt how a lot of addiction etc is roughly “i just want life to stop hurting me right now. I know it’ll probably hurt worse tomorrow but maybe I’ll be stronger tomorrow? / know how to deal with it tomorrow? / Idk / I don’t care / just stop hurting me right now”
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Yes that’s an important special case: the better-tomorrow religion
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