RELIGIONS

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.