Kooky
Freedom from Sanity
It seems to me that a lot about religion concerns society as a whole:
Organizing as a community, choosing who belongs and who does not;
who prays when, and with whom;
how men and women are supposed to act at home, or in public;
how to raise a child, and what to teach it.
Telling people what are good acts, and what is bad;
watching them, judging them, praising them, and punishing them.
A lot about politics also concerns society as a whole:
What is legal, what is illegal; watching them, judging them, punishing them, hurting them.
Who is allowed, who isn't; who is in power, and who is its victim.
How people are to organize, choosing who belongs and who does not;
what a community, a belief, an ideology, a religion, is allowed to do.
Do you think they can easily be separated?
How would you separate religion (or lack of it) from politics?
Organizing as a community, choosing who belongs and who does not;
who prays when, and with whom;
how men and women are supposed to act at home, or in public;
how to raise a child, and what to teach it.
Telling people what are good acts, and what is bad;
watching them, judging them, praising them, and punishing them.
A lot about politics also concerns society as a whole:
What is legal, what is illegal; watching them, judging them, punishing them, hurting them.
Who is allowed, who isn't; who is in power, and who is its victim.
How people are to organize, choosing who belongs and who does not;
what a community, a belief, an ideology, a religion, is allowed to do.
Do you think they can easily be separated?
How would you separate religion (or lack of it) from politics?