• Phoenixz@lemmy.ca
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    3 days ago

    There is always abuse

    Be it physical, sexual, psychological, or just by the way of control (because that too is what all religions are about), there is always abuse

    • vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works
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      3 days ago

      What I’m talking about is a folk belief system that overlaps with theology, wherein the difference between culture, tradition, and what we call religion are so intermixed and overlapped that they are effectively inseperable.

      The situation I am talking about is one wherein there is no religious control because there is no structure to control it with, wherein theological debate is not between priests but between kinsmen who are at worst separated by eldership. In such a situation the abuse is an outcropping of culture not religion, or at least is about as secular as you can get with such folk beliefs present.

      Sorry I recently read an article going over pre Christian anamistic beliefs in Europe and it melted my brain. There is no religion just culture and traditions in such society.