There are mostly three kinds of religions
1. Agricultural religions -- most of old "pagan" (paganus means countryman by latin) religions, hinduism, buddhism etc. polytheism. Catholicism by most parts. Loads of gods, or semigods or no god at all. Everything rotates, circulates. The chance rules. A human is a toy of destiny, chance or god(s). Loads of ritualas to persuade the destiny, chance, gods. Loads of rules. Death is not the end. You resurrect after death like a plant after a winter.
2. Shepherd religions -- Old Testament religion, judaism. One central God like the main shepherd. He is not good or bad, he is just higher than human. Life is a linear process. Life goes on like you push it. Personal responsibility. Straight laws. Death is the end.
3. Urban religions: early christianity, new age. Ideology is very sophisticated. Everything is relative. Only some straight rules. Everything depends on something. God exists but is uncertain, nobody knows who actually is. The existence of destiny is not clear, it might be. Stress on ethics and humanity. A few rituals. Loads of arguments. Afterlife exists but it depends on you.
The fourth group is synthetic religions mixing together elements from these three main types. This include islam, numerous christian churches, several new age ideas, stalinism.
The fifth group is quasireligions: marxism, postmarxism, poststalinism and several philosophies. Those use several elements of religions but usually deny living god and supernatural things.
Monday, July 21, 2014
Saturday, July 19, 2014
Basic laws of human history
INSTINCTS
There are two basic insticts which rule a person and humankind:
1. The herd instinct -- the most natural and the most animal. It rules us everywhere and constantly. It says -- follow the herd the crowd! Then you can stay alive!
2. The instinct of ownership -- the most human instinct. Only some kind of animals have it. It says -- crab and keep everything as much as possible, then you can stay alive!
Other instincts are minor and temporary ones.
Human is a deeply IRRATIONAL creature. Most of things a person does are unpractical and even idiotic. Only minor part of a person`s life is just for living. Majority of actions of a person are just senseless. You can check it out. Write down all your activity during a day and check it next day. How much of it is totally practical?
Humankind likes to think about itself as a rational things but its is not true at all.
Margus Kiis, an historian
There are two basic insticts which rule a person and humankind:
1. The herd instinct -- the most natural and the most animal. It rules us everywhere and constantly. It says -- follow the herd the crowd! Then you can stay alive!
2. The instinct of ownership -- the most human instinct. Only some kind of animals have it. It says -- crab and keep everything as much as possible, then you can stay alive!
Other instincts are minor and temporary ones.
Human is a deeply IRRATIONAL creature. Most of things a person does are unpractical and even idiotic. Only minor part of a person`s life is just for living. Majority of actions of a person are just senseless. You can check it out. Write down all your activity during a day and check it next day. How much of it is totally practical?
Humankind likes to think about itself as a rational things but its is not true at all.
Margus Kiis, an historian
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