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- Humans have evolved the need for religious/spiritual experience. In it's absence something or someone invariably takes its place. Communists replaced the holy..Morning_star
- ...trinity with the Communist Party.Morning_star
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Secularization in first world countries is a result of better, more predictable lives.drgs - https://colinmathers…drgs
- I'm not 100% sure how the commies did it, but I don't think anyone really worshipped the communist partydrgs
- I don't believe humans "evolved" a need for religion or spirituality as much as a need for a shared experience with their kin. Sports is like that.monospaced
- For me, specifically, I get my full dose of spirituality from the awe and wonder of the natural world and the deep understanding that I am a natural part of it.monospaced
- No supernatural aspect required for full spiritual experience and fulfillment.monospaced
- +1 mono
see you in hell brother!GuyFawkes - There you go again Mono 'believing' ;) However, it is scientific fact.Morning_star
- I’m not so sure I’ve said anything that is a mere belief. Just an opinion like yours, and my own perspective.monospaced
- Some science may point to the idea that we evolved for a spiritual need, but that is an interpretation of what is a fact. We want connections and meaningmonospaced
- Religions provide human connection and some “meaning” to life. So does communism or sports fandom. And so does straight up nature for some.monospaced
- We seem to agree they are filling the same gap. I’m simply saying it isn’t a need for the supernatural type.monospaced
- Agreed.Morning_star
