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minus-squaredangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35·8 months agoMost of those are synonyms anyway. They basically all mean “religion provides relief to a large amount of people in an oppressive society”. The question is, did the people choose their religion or was it foisted upon them?
minus-squarebanneryear1868@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·8 months agoI think the idea is the form religion takes is fundamentally contingent on the oppressive conditions of the society, and not the other way around.
Most of those are synonyms anyway. They basically all mean “religion provides relief to a large amount of people in an oppressive society”. The question is, did the people choose their religion or was it foisted upon them?
I think the idea is the form religion takes is fundamentally contingent on the oppressive conditions of the society, and not the other way around.
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