Covid has led me to a new definition of religion.
Religion the belief that the universe is nice to good people.
“God” is an optional extra.
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Even simpler.
Religion the belief that the universe makes sense to people.
"God", "Nice", & "good" are optional extras.
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Variation: the belief that those who uphold ingroup norms, however arbitrary, will be protected from misfortune.
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Not like it’s common for regular Shias to seek out martyrdom though. You might commemorate martyrs, but the religion as actually practiced seems to be about living as a good person, same as other religions, not dying. Even within Iran.
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this is the Just Universe fallacy
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god and the just universe fallacy in general are massive copes for being unwilling to confront the reality that there is no rhyme or reason to the chaos, that shit just happens and there's no higher meaning to it. which is fine! most people can't deal with this emotionally.
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This is “moralistic therapeutic deism”, the dominant religious worldview in the US today.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moralisti
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