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by Seattle Jon (bio)
I found these 60-Second Adventures in Religion – put out by The Open University – to be not only enjoyable, but informative as well.
Adventure #1: Religion as social control
Had Marx got his way, society would be so happy being revolutionaries, there’d be no need for religion. He’d obviously never been to a Gulag.
Adventure #2: Religion as ritual
Explore how ancient beliefs developed from “Eggism” into modern day religion. French philosopher, Comte explains how.
Adventure #3: Religion as a mother
Why do so many people picture God as a man? JJ Bachofen suggested there was once a time when it was the Goddess, not God that people turned to for religious guidance.
Adventure #4: Religion as a virus
Can science and religion ever sit side by side? Not according to Richard Dawkins. And he has rock-star mice to prove it.
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