(November 29, 2015 at 3:17 am)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: Religion is clearly a form of thinking -- all religion. It happens inside the brains of individuals of all religions, and for that matter all non members. No I, and apparently you, happen to disagree with the output of this thinking, but that doesn't mean it isn't thinking.
Dogma is thought. Freethought is thought. Deciding what you want for lunch is thought.
Given on the basis above that religion is thinking of a sort, I think it's absolutely fair to classify it as groupthink.
Sure, it's perfectly reasonable to define religion, in this way, as thought and groupthink. I'm not in the habit of viewing and defining religious dogma and ideology in this way, so it's unfamiliar to me, but it's a perfectly reasonable way to define and interpret the reality.
