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Post by The Invisible Sun on Jun 21, 2021 16:39:57 GMT -5
Should we begin to refer to the big three religions, Islam, Christianity and Judaism as the mythologies they are? I think the progressive way is to acknowledge these religions as mythologies, not merely as religions. It better puts into question the legitimacy of their claims and does not as easily allow people to be sucked in without a seconds thought to whether or not any of it is actually true.
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Post by jezza2 on Jun 21, 2021 16:45:21 GMT -5
I think you're looking for the r/atheism subreddit.
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Post by Ross on Jun 25, 2021 7:57:49 GMT -5
Should we begin to refer to the big three religions, Islam, Christianity and Judaism as the mythologies they are? I think the progressive way is to acknowledge these religions as mythologies, not merely as religions. It better puts into question the legitimacy of their claims and does not as easily allow people to be sucked in without a seconds thought to whether or not any of it is actually true.
Religious people are aware that their views are contested.
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Post by The Invisible Sun on Jun 25, 2021 10:29:11 GMT -5
Should we begin to refer to the big three religions, Islam, Christianity and Judaism as the mythologies they are? I think the progressive way is to acknowledge these religions as mythologies, not merely as religions. It better puts into question the legitimacy of their claims and does not as easily allow people to be sucked in without a seconds thought to whether or not any of it is actually true.
Religious people are aware that their views are contested.
My question is addressing whether or not we ought to take the extra step in treating these religions as mythologies, not merely religions. We normally associate mythologies in the sense of old, outdated religions, something of the past. I'm suggesting the non-religious community begin referring to the big three as mythology, rather than religion. In other words, don't even give the big three the respect of sounding legitimate. The point being to little by little chip away at its foundation by injecting doubt into its believers.
Obviously they know non-religious contest their views, the problem occurs when they often sit idly by ignoring the challenge. The point is to encourage engagement between believers of Abrahamic Mythology and the non-religious community.
A simple re-framing of perspective and the way we reference those religions in public, in online discussions and so on could accomplish aiding that engagement further. The word cult works too. But that might be a little too antagonistic and it sounds a bit too informal. But Mythology, now that perfectly describes what it really is, is also polite as it is without negative connotations, unlike cult, but the word mythology might get under the skin of the religious just enough to spur them to engage.
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Post by NYR on Jul 9, 2021 12:09:54 GMT -5
I think you're looking for the r/atheism subreddit. At this moment, he is euphoric. Also, in what world is Judaism considered a "big three" religion over the likes of Hinduism, Buddhism, and Sikhism? |
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Post by jezza2 on Jul 9, 2021 16:14:56 GMT -5
I think you're looking for the r/atheism subreddit. At this moment, he is euphoric. Also, in what world is Judaism considered a "big three" religion over the likes of Hinduism, Buddhism, and Sikhism? It's probably because all three religions, Christianity, Islam and Judaism can be linked back to Abraham, like the OP mentioned. |
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Post by NYR on Jul 21, 2021 15:08:20 GMT -5
At this moment, he is euphoric. Also, in what world is Judaism considered a "big three" religion over the likes of Hinduism, Buddhism, and Sikhism? It's probably because all three religions, Christianity, Islam and Judaism can be linked back to Abraham, like the OP mentioned. Ahh, I misread it, my bad. They're the largest Abrahamic religions by population, no doubt. But listing Jews there, considering there are 14.7 million of them worldwide as compared to the roughly 4.289 billion combined Christians and Muslims around the world, seems a bit laughable, wouldn't you say? It's a bit like how Wayne and Brent Gretzky are the highest scoring two brothers in NHL history, even though Brent played 13 games and scored only 4 points in his entire NHL career. |
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Post by jezza2 on Jul 21, 2021 17:40:00 GMT -5
It's probably because all three religions, Christianity, Islam and Judaism can be linked back to Abraham, like the OP mentioned. Ahh, I misread it, my bad. They're the largest Abrahamic religions by population, no doubt. But listing Jews there, considering there are 14.7 million of them worldwide as compared to the roughly 4.289 billion combined Christians and Muslims around the world, seems a bit laughable, wouldn't you say? It's a bit like how Wayne and Brent Gretzky are the highest scoring two brothers in NHL history, even though Brent played 13 games and scored only 4 points in his entire NHL career. Yeah, true, but Judaism is the source basically when it comes to Islam and Christianity. Islam can be traced to Abraham himself while Christianity for a while was a sect of Judaism before it became its own thing. |
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Post by The Invisible Sun on Oct 10, 2021 21:35:38 GMT -5
I think you're looking for the r/atheism subreddit. At this moment, he is euphoric. Also, in what world is Judaism considered a "big three" religion over the likes of Hinduism, Buddhism, and Sikhism? Not sure what you meant by euphoric or why one would be euphoric over a idea such as this. But Jezza correctly pointed out that it's in regards to Abrahamic Mythologies which comprise of something like 55% or more of world religion, hence being referred to by many as "The big three". |
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