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[–] 1 point 1 day ago* (22 children)

Look at basically every none-abrahamic faith

Especially those religions without gods per se, but rather concepts and ideas

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  • [–] 6 points 1 day ago (4 children)

    You'll always find in History a group that will push for the spread of a religion because it allows them to oppress others and take shit for themselves. And slaughter people who say no. Some religions may start as philosophical and social liberation for small groups, but it is still violence that spreads them the most in a larger society. Yes, even the ones about internal peace, as long as others create external riches and influence about it.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 day ago (3 children)

    Looks up "Taoist Religious Wars" - 0 results

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  • [–] 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

    Everything is convenient when you close your eyes for whatever doesn't suite the agenda. Yellow Turban Rebellion didn't happen, or did it not qualify as a war?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 day ago*

    Right! "The way of the great peace." Peace for us, step 1: violently overthrow the corrupt ruling class. Not that I'm disagreeing, that's an example of someone preaching peace and finding that it doesn't exist without standing for the people, and protecting them from oppression means killing those that are doing the oppressing (Ed Sheeran in shame), we're just putting that in a book and calling it a religion.

    To be fair, in China through these ~500 years, every current of thought or philosophy was called a religion, and the line between religion, politics, and philosophy, was pretty much nonexistent. If someone had an idea and put it in a book so others can think about it, that was a religion. It's a bit weird for us today to read "legalism is considered a religion? and legalism is... Absolute administrative power, everyone is equal under the rule of law? Sounds familiar... Oh, there you go, the ruler writes whatever he wants and then kills whoever he wants by designating them as enemies. Like those dummy thinkers and book-writers." "all right, fine, let's look at Mohism: egalitarian society and universal love, cool! First paragraph on Wikipedia: paramilitaries-- oh."

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  • [–] -2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (16 children)

    I'll admit I've dismissed them all as mumbo-jumbo but please correct me if I'm wrong - not eating cows (hinduism?) despite being a suitable source for protein seems pretty limiting. Living in celibacy with an odd haircut (Buddhism) is downright weird to me. Sihks seem alright, although those turbans (the name escapes me) seem oppressively heavy. Do you have any other religion in mind that isn't a tool for oppression?

    Edit: Sikhs are warriors with swords as part of their uniform. Doesn't get much more oppressive than war. Scientology extracts wealth from the members to keep the leaders happy. I don't know of any "concepts and ideas" religions. Please feel free to enlighten me.

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  • [–] 1 point 13 hours ago* (8 children)

    Oh of course, the best religion, Leveyan Satanism

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  • [–] 1 point 12 hours ago (7 children)

    Objectifying women was considered oppressive last I heard.

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  • [–] 1 point 12 hours ago (6 children)

    Leveyan Satanism does that?

    It's atheism, but they formed a "religion" just so that they were able to use it as a form of activism against any religious freedom laws by going "oh, so we're allowed in right?" to show the contradictory nature if they say no

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  • [–] 1 point 11 hours ago* (5 children)

    Men and older women should dress in black robes during rituals, young women should dress sexy to please and arouse the men. Naked woman to be used as an altar when an altar is needed.

    Edit: granted, this is according to the Wikipedia page on LaVeyan Satanism - maybe the spelling difference is of significance?

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  • [–] 1 point 8 hours ago* (4 children)

    It's literally not an actual religion???

    It's a satire of religion.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 hours ago (3 children)

    I don't know, seems some take it seriously.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

    Satanism is a belief that there is no god

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  • [–] 1 point 1 day ago* (3 children)

    Hindu eat beef? It's not against the religion to eat it.

    That's a misconception, they just make sure they die with dignity and lived as happy a life as possible.

    Which some sects argue it's impossible if they're not living a wild life in nature, and argue one shouldn't eat them ever (as there's basically no such thing as wild cow anymore.) But there's no ban, it's just seen as immoral.

    Sikh having a warrior thing is funnily enough fuck all to do with war. It's a holdover from ancient times that's just stuck around as part of it.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 day ago (2 children)

    Spiritualism, Wicca, Taoism to a degree, Confucianism

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  • [–] -1 points 1 day ago (1 child)

    Taoism basically wants you to disappear so that others can decide what happens next. Very oppressive.

    Confucianism oppresses women heavily, they're supposed to follow their father, husband or sons depending on what stage of life they're in. Suicide to protect chastity after a husband has died has also been a theme there, as losing your chastity has been seen worse than starvation.

    Spiritualism isn't considered a religion where I'm from, can't say I'm familiar.

    Wicca seems to be whatever you want it to be, where many think there are two gods, some think there are many, some one and some none. Some seemingly think karma is a thing (called something else) which is very limiting (although mostly sound), while some say there's no such thing. I guess those get a pass, as they don't really exist as a homogenous group?

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  • [–] 1 point 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

    An incredibly uncharitable reading of all of them.

    Taoism especially bad. It wants you and the world to become no longer at odds, with two main paths argued for it, you shape the world, or you let the world shape you.

    Wicca it's fully a faith about "customisation is the point" yeah, so it can be basically anything (though sadly a lot just use it as Christianity+)

    Spiritualism is inspired by Native American faiths, and the root of it is "every thing, living or dead, have some sort of essence be it a spirit or a soul or just an amount of energy", and then from that extends the idea that because of it you should treat nature and by extension each other with respect. Rocks have a spirit, trees have a spirit, dogs have a spirit, etc.

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