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<blockquote class="definition">'''Religion''' is an [[Institution]] setup to meet various and specific needs. What needs a particular religious institution will meet will depend on the intent of the people who set it up. For example, if the people who set it up are members of the [[Accumulating Class]], then religion will typically prioritize their needs.
<blockquote class="definition">'''Religion''' is a faith-based [[Existential Paradigm]] woven into a complex institutional framework, a framework created and controlled by elite members of the [[Accumulating Class]] in order to service their accumulation agenda. '''Religion''' is [[institution]] designed to help propagate a specific [[Existential Paradigm]].  
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==Subclasses==


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== Notes ==
== Notes ==


Religion may be broken down into two sub-classes, [[Elite Religion]] and [[Authentic Religion]]. Elite religion prioritizes the needs of the [[Accumulating Class]] while [[Authentic Religion]] prioritizes the [[Seven Essential Needs]] of humanity.
Propagating an [[Existential Paradigm]] helps individuals meet their cognitive need to know and understand the world, and their more spiritual need for [[Alignment]] and [[Connection]]. Religion can, and often is, constructed to meet other of our [[Seven Essential Need]]s, like our emotional needs for belonging. Thus..
 
Religion is also an institution setup to help meet one or more of humanity's [[Seven Essential Needs]].
 
Religion may be broken down into two sub-classes, [[Elite Religion]] and [[Working Class Religion]]. Elite religion prioritizes the needs of the [[Accumulating Class]] while [[Working Class Religion]] prioritizes [[Healing]], [[Connection]], and the [[Seven Essential Needs]] of humanity.
 
Religion may be further distinguishes as either [[Authentic Religion]] (religion that teaches authentic healing and [[Connection Practice]] and [[Inauthentic Religion]], which teaches anything and everything but.


Religion is a notoriously difficult concept to pin down and, frankly, scholars have said some really stupid shit about it over the years, [[Sigmund Freud]] being a classic example. Freud believed that religion arises as a consequence of  
Religion is a notoriously difficult concept to pin down and, frankly, scholars have said some really stupid shit about it over the years, [[Sigmund Freud]] being a classic example. Freud believed that religion arises as a consequence of  
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# the need to defend oneself against the "crushingly superior force of nature."<ref>Freud, Sigmund. ''The Future of an Illusion''. New York: Anchor Books, 1961. p. 21</ref>
# the need to defend oneself against the "crushingly superior force of nature."<ref>Freud, Sigmund. ''The Future of an Illusion''. New York: Anchor Books, 1961. p. 21</ref>
# The "urge to rectify the shortcoming of civilization..."<ref>Freud, Sigmund. ''The Future of an Illusion''. New York: Anchor Books, 1961. p. 21</ref>
# The "urge to rectify the shortcoming of civilization..."<ref>Freud, Sigmund. ''The Future of an Illusion''. New York: Anchor Books, 1961. p. 21</ref>
For a more fulsome discussion of definitions and issues, see [https://www.academia.edu/80934448/What_is_Religion What is Religion]


=== Other Definitions ===
=== Other Definitions ===
"Religion tends to be conceptualized as an external, community-based phenomena in which a particular organized set of beliefs, behaviors, and rituals are in- stitutionalized by individuals sharing similar spiritualities."<ref>Hodge, David R. “The Intrinsic Spirituality Scale: A New Six-Item Instrument for Assessing the Salience of Spirituality as a Motivational Construct.” ''Journal of Social Service Research'' 30, no. 1 (January 1, 2003): 41–61. <nowiki>https://doi.org/10.1300/J079v30n01_03</nowiki>. p. 42</ref>{{endstuff}}
 
"Religion tends to be conceptualized as an external, community-based phenomena in which a particular organized set of beliefs, behaviors, and rituals are institutionalized by individuals sharing similar spiritualities."<ref>Hodge, David R. “The Intrinsic Spirituality Scale: A New Six-Item Instrument for Assessing the Salience of Spirituality as a Motivational Construct.” ''Journal of Social Service Research'' 30, no. 1 (January 1, 2003): 41–61. <nowiki>https://doi.org/10.1300/J079v30n01_03</nowiki>. 42</ref>
 
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Latest revision as of 17:57, 19 August 2023

Religion is a faith-based Existential Paradigm woven into a complex institutional framework, a framework created and controlled by elite members of the Accumulating Class in order to service their accumulation agenda. Religion is institution designed to help propagate a specific Existential Paradigm.

Subclasses

Religion > Authentic Religion, Elite Religion

Syncretic Terms

Religion >

Related LP Terms

Religion > Narrative, Sacrilization

Non-LP Related Terms

Religion > Narrative, Sacrilization

Notes

Propagating an Existential Paradigm helps individuals meet their cognitive need to know and understand the world, and their more spiritual need for Alignment and Connection. Religion can, and often is, constructed to meet other of our Seven Essential Needs, like our emotional needs for belonging. Thus..

Religion is also an institution setup to help meet one or more of humanity's Seven Essential Needs.

Religion may be broken down into two sub-classes, Elite Religion and Working Class Religion. Elite religion prioritizes the needs of the Accumulating Class while Working Class Religion prioritizes Healing, Connection, and the Seven Essential Needs of humanity.

Religion may be further distinguishes as either Authentic Religion (religion that teaches authentic healing and Connection Practice and Inauthentic Religion, which teaches anything and everything but.

Religion is a notoriously difficult concept to pin down and, frankly, scholars have said some really stupid shit about it over the years, Sigmund Freud being a classic example. Freud believed that religion arises as a consequence of

  1. an expression of the son-father relationship (see totem and taboo, related to religions where "totem animals" become sacred)[1]
  2. the need to defend oneself against the "crushingly superior force of nature."[2]
  3. The "urge to rectify the shortcoming of civilization..."[3]

For a more fulsome discussion of definitions and issues, see What is Religion

Other Definitions

"Religion tends to be conceptualized as an external, community-based phenomena in which a particular organized set of beliefs, behaviors, and rituals are institutionalized by individuals sharing similar spiritualities."[4]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Freud, Sigmund. The Future of an Illusion. New York: Anchor Books, 1961. p. 21
  2. ↑ Freud, Sigmund. The Future of an Illusion. New York: Anchor Books, 1961. p. 21
  3. ↑ Freud, Sigmund. The Future of an Illusion. New York: Anchor Books, 1961. p. 21
  4. ↑ Hodge, David R. “The Intrinsic Spirituality Scale: A New Six-Item Instrument for Assessing the Salience of Spirituality as a Motivational Construct.” Journal of Social Service Research 30, no. 1 (January 1, 2003): 41–61. https://doi.org/10.1300/J079v30n01_03. 42






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