Q #4553
"Define 'Dogma'.
A point of view or tenet put forth as authoritative without adequate grounds?"
So about religion…
It's amazing how many people aren't making the correlation between "legendary" and "biblical".
Allegory = How to pass down harsh and terrifying realities in a way that doesn't scare the piss out of the future generations.
Example: Everyone has a story of a sudden worldwide flood that wiped everything out in the blink of an eye. How does one restart society and relate what happened?
Storyteling.
As family of a CPA, do this! The overtime and tax-season hours have been AMAZING!
Yup.
What makes Greco-Roman philosophy/legends any less real than currently active religions?
Secular power.
Wash your hands!
>"Why?"
Because it's good for you!
>Says who?
The greatest thinkers!
>"They're all daft."
Did I say "greatest thinkers? I meant GOD AL-FUCKING-MIGHTY!
>"Well if God said it, then sure. I'll do it."
Whatever works, just wash your damned hands.