Should Religions Change With Society and Time?
- TigerNinja
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Should Religions Change With Society and Time?
the question of this is whether or not religions and holy books should be change with society. Definitions can become convoluted or sometimes even omitted because the holy books in their original form conflict with modern standards. What should we say to those who wish to truly follow the scriptures, when that leads them towards either homophobia (you shall not lie with man as you do with a woman) or decapitate people (All ye who do not follow Allah, smite them above their necks). All in all, I want to hear your opinions on who should win in the conflict between modern society and holy books. I do not mean to offend anyone, and if I did, my largest apologies I was solely stating multiple viewpoints, and I tried to remain as unbiased as possible when writing this. I hold no prejudices. Feel free to speak openly if I said something out of order (which I most likely certainly did), or if you simplh want to say something controversial. Please just be civil, this is a topic with thin ice that we tread on.
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Re: Should Religions Change With Society and Time?
Sometimes religious laws conflict with civil or criminal law.
In contemporary Judaism there are Orthodox, Conservative, Reform, Hasidic, and other sects. In ancient Judaism at the time of Jesus there were Pharisees, Sadducees, Essenes, and others.
Famously, Paul made a distinction between the letter and spirit of God’s Law.
In Christianity there are Catholic, Protestant, Baptist, Evangelical, and other sects.
Sunni and Shia both claim to be the true and legitimate leaders of Islam.
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Graphs: 5 signs of the ‘Great Decline’ of religion in America
https://religionnews.com/2014/08/01/fiv ... hs-church/
Three charts that prove America is shifting away from religion
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1218215396
Should or should-not, there are already evidence the trend of religiosity has been on a downward trend since 500 years ago to the present time. This is human nature's drive to progress from irrationality [as a psychological crutch] to more wiser rational methods to deal with the inherent existential crisis.
Note the rise of non-theists in general, the emergence of Communism & other non-theistic movements, the drop in church attendances, the advancements of knowledge, etc.
DNA wise ALL humans has the potential to face an existential crisis and the majority has an active existential crisis. Given the current psychological state of the majority of humans, religions are a critical necessity and most effective means to deal with that inherent unavoidable existential crisis.
Religions being a critical necessity for the individuals has its pros and cons. In the past till the present, the pros of religions outweigh the cons. Thus despite the people of religion killing millions and oppressing the masses, they [the people] have no choice but to accept religions as there are no effective alternatives to deal with the existential crisis.
But the tide is changing and at present going into the future, the cons of religions are outweighing its pros, especially from Islam where SOME Muslims would have no qualms exterminating the human species [when WMDs are easily available] as they have nothing to loose either way.
Thus it is critical humanity strive to find alternative fool proofs solutions to replace religion as a balm to soothe the inherent existential crisis.
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Sorry, but I don't follow. Are you suggesting that they shouldn't change or that they will, no matter what the surrounding conditions are?
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Re: Should Religions Change With Society and Time?
But should they change is a matter of perspective. For example if I thought my religion was immutable then I would say I don't think it should change. If I valued my religion however then I would see change as necessary otherwise my religion would become obsolete and forgotten so then I would want it to change. I could also not be religious and not value religion and therefore whether religion 'should' change might be meaningless to me.
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"Should it change?" is an irrelevant question in this case. What truly matters is wisdom and virtue, truth and reason, clarity and rationality - attributes which are clearly rare in modern times.
There is no spirituality without religion, and no religion without spirituality. To say that spirituality is a moot point is to declare oneself nihilistic and irrational. Therefore, religions will always exist. It's a central point of intelligent existence.
Truth exists, so the Truth (of existence, God) will always be manifest within intellectual ideals. Regardless of how you label or perceive it, religions will always exist. Any group or organization that aligns itself with analytical and detailed conceptions of the origins of existence (i.e Science) can be considered religious.
What must change, is the knowledge humans have of themselves. Many of us lack knowledge of self, meaning we lack divine knowledge (concerning our existence, God, truth, reality).
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