(July 19, 2017 at 7:13 am)Die Atheistin Wrote: There are religions that reject or don't require belief in a God. What do you think about these religions?
First off that is irrelevant to me. The short answer is sure, depending on sect. Asian religions such as Buddhism and Jainism and Taoism don't stress the super natural in terms of gods or god or God no, but they are still full of mythology and claims of the divine world and spirit world. And there are even today, a limited number of Buddhists, not the institution itself per sy, but individual followers who do view Buddha as a God. That was moreso the case in antiquity than now, even though back then still not a majority.
Even with western religions, you have individuals who call themselves "secular Jew" meaning they like the ritual but don't buy the mythology. Even some Christians today are starting to view their religions as such. Some Christians call themselves "cultural Christians", still means the same thing.
But it still remains regardless that they are all still religions and no matter how an individual might interpret them, there is not one religion that is not rooted in bad claims and superstitions.
Even North Korea has its own brand of religion mixing it with a couple Asian religions but added to that is the worship of the Kim family ancestors as gods.
But as far as the person who holds the "off" atheist position and doesn't partake in any of those things or any type of worship, that is a completely different position than the ones I mentioned above.
But in general, I see all religions as mere superfluous artificial constructs humans set up to create social order.
