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I think that religion/spirituality and socialism can coexist (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by KrupskayaPraxis@lemmygrad.ml to c/comradeship@lemmygrad.ml

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I hear a lot of people talk about how we need to look at religion from a materialist lens and that religion is incomparable with socialism. But I think we need to seperate the two. Religion is about the metaphysical so it's hard to look at it from a materialist lens. While politics deals with materialist matters, so it's necessary to view it with a materialist lens. And it's not like atheism is fully materialist either, with 'nothing after death', and 'universe starting without a god' being metaphysical explanations as well. And humans are naturally spiritual and to deny that, makes it harder for socialism to be accepted by people. But of course that doesn't mean we should tolerate the reactionary aspects of religion. We should combat it whenever necessary.

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[–] KrupskayaPraxis@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 1 year ago (16 children)

But we are talking about the beginning of the universe, something that we don't understand yet. So in that way the existence of god, and god not existing are both metaphysical explanations

[–] WaterBowlSlime@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 1 year ago (8 children)

I don't see how an event that took place billions of years ago has any bearing on human politics. Or why a gap in knowledge is the same as belief in divinity in your eyes.

[–] KrupskayaPraxis@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 1 year ago (7 children)

I also don't believe that it has any bearing on politics. Thats my point. I believe spirituality and politics are two different domains.

[–] robot@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Religion does have massive bearing on politics though.

[–] KrupskayaPraxis@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I'm saying it doesn't have to be.

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