amorphous_constellation
Well-Known Member
I see two impulses that religion can have, an inward one, and one that wants to put ideas on a market. But which of these is really the greater virtue in a religion.
Many religions do become evangelical on some level, in other words they are concerned with selling something to the world. Implicit in this we might identify different possible issues, conflict with the natural 'other' on some level, and a supposed wielding of this thing we call 'truth.'
To invert that, a religion might also be inward. It doesn't then have anything to sell to the world as it isn't more 'right' than another spiritual style. It works on what is specifically within its own end-user. Ideally it might not say a single thing about the greater world, for doing so is to judge the world.
Many religions do become evangelical on some level, in other words they are concerned with selling something to the world. Implicit in this we might identify different possible issues, conflict with the natural 'other' on some level, and a supposed wielding of this thing we call 'truth.'
To invert that, a religion might also be inward. It doesn't then have anything to sell to the world as it isn't more 'right' than another spiritual style. It works on what is specifically within its own end-user. Ideally it might not say a single thing about the greater world, for doing so is to judge the world.