• sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz
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    2 months ago

    Religion. Even when I’ve taken the time to look up the difference is between a Catholic and a Christian, or a Shia and a Sunni, it seems like within minutes at most, that knowledge just sublimates.

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      My favorite thing about Christianity is how all the different sects pretend that every other sect isn’t actually Christian

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      Usually how those divisions occurred is much more interesting.

      I’m fascinated that certain ideas have persisted over millennia and curious what it is about them that has captured minds so consistently. Religion, but more broadly spirituality, seems to have a constant presence throughout human conciousness and that is quite remarkable.

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      Think of it in terms of gladiator movies, the crusades, the fall of Rome. That shit is history, knights in armor, clash of cultures, and is full of drama as game of thrones