Sort of on purpose. I don’t see a sharp discontinuity between religious belief and other kinds of dogma or bullshit (like ideologies or subcultures). I think most of our beliefs have a social, bullshitty element to them and religion is not unique in that regard. Will check out the piece—thanks.
Yea pretty similar, though I think of bullshit as a bit broader, encompassing wily hypocrisy and bait-and-switch maneuvers in addition to stubbornly clinging to a single set of beliefs (dogmatism).
I don’t think you use the words dogma or religion in this piece, which I find curious. Not sure if that was on purpose.
I would also add that education and religion have much in common. Here’s a project I’m working on, relating the two. https://open.substack.com/pub/scottgibb/p/religion-education-and-identity?r=nb3bl&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
Sort of on purpose. I don’t see a sharp discontinuity between religious belief and other kinds of dogma or bullshit (like ideologies or subcultures). I think most of our beliefs have a social, bullshitty element to them and religion is not unique in that regard. Will check out the piece—thanks.
So your definition of bullshit is? Pretty similar to dogma?
Yea pretty similar, though I think of bullshit as a bit broader, encompassing wily hypocrisy and bait-and-switch maneuvers in addition to stubbornly clinging to a single set of beliefs (dogmatism).
Got it. I’ll keep reading your Substack.