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Religion can be summarized as organized spirituality. Each religion has its own individual doctrine to explain the method of understanding the spiritual. | Religion can be summarized as organized spirituality. Each religion has its own individual doctrine to explain the method of understanding the spiritual. | ||
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| + | 'Anarchists have traditionally been skeptical of and opposed to organized religion. Many organized religions are hierarchical and are aligned with contemporary power structures similar to those found in state hierarchies. This does not mean that anarchists are in opposition to personal faith, only to the authoritarian nature of organized religion. Further, Anti-authoritarianism is a central theme in some religious sects and non-sectarian churches, and some other variants of mainstream religions. Many notable anarchists have been religious. Some anarchists, like Leo Tolstoy and Ammon Hennacy, were firm believers in the principles of Christian anarchism and nonviolence.' | ||
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| + | Card-carrying rationalists who detest religion hinder and spoil cooperation between anarchists with different approaches to overcoming or sidelining capitalism, statism etc., and exploring sustainable alternatives. | ||
==Opposing views== | ==Opposing views== | ||
Revision as of 10:54, 21 December 2007
Definition
Religion can be summarized as organized spirituality. Each religion has its own individual doctrine to explain the method of understanding the spiritual.
Wikipedia entry on ‘Anarchism and religion’:
'Anarchists have traditionally been skeptical of and opposed to organized religion. Many organized religions are hierarchical and are aligned with contemporary power structures similar to those found in state hierarchies. This does not mean that anarchists are in opposition to personal faith, only to the authoritarian nature of organized religion. Further, Anti-authoritarianism is a central theme in some religious sects and non-sectarian churches, and some other variants of mainstream religions. Many notable anarchists have been religious. Some anarchists, like Leo Tolstoy and Ammon Hennacy, were firm believers in the principles of Christian anarchism and nonviolence.'
Card-carrying rationalists who detest religion hinder and spoil cooperation between anarchists with different approaches to overcoming or sidelining capitalism, statism etc., and exploring sustainable alternatives.
Opposing views
Religion has been proven to be a form of mental illness in which the sufferer is often delusional. Some people have been cured, but most are ill for their whole lives. Typical behaviour includes:
- speaking to non-existent beings
- kneeling
- associating circumstance with the act of higher beings or deities
- the worshipping of books as 'masters'
Incorporating and supporting religion over science is a sign of naivity.
Religion is a perfectly natural result of human illogicity. Some claim to have overcome it, but these people are most likely a) lying, b) freaks, c) deeply disturbed. c.f. asexuality. Typical religious behaviour includes:
- speaking to non-existent beings
- prayer and/or magick
- the worshipping of books and other storehouses of knowledge
Religion is nothing to be ashamed of. Religion is a natural part of humanity, and to deny it is to deny biology.
