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Re:As religious faith has declined, ideological intensity ha... by the-smug-one on Sunday June 13, 2021 @05:39AM (#27491182)
To me, it sounds like they really hit you on a sore spot :).

What OP talked about regarding ideology reminds me of the stuff that Zizek talks about. I'm no philosopher, but the thought that ideology has subsumed religion doesn't seem too far fetched. We, as a species, do seem to have a tendency to form religions and hold different biases.

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Re:As religious faith has declined, ideological intensity ha... by dudeman13 on Sunday June 13, 2021 @06:13AM (#27491321)
Eye rolling on a claim that "X is religious" when it can be just a simple "X is a cognitive and organizational tool" seems fair to me.

Specially when religious people are so fond of calling something religious when that something has nothing to do with religion

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Re:As religious faith has declined, ideological intensity ha... by furgooswft13 on Sunday June 13, 2021 @08:38AM (#27492035)
Many secular people are very fond of pinning all the worlds problems on religion, so I think it's fair to use the term back at them when they constantly act in the same exact ways they decry.

It clearly hits a nerve too.

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