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The World Religions Tree (huge visualization)

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Re: The World Religions Tree (huge visualization)

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Post by monk_e_boy »

gonvaled wrote: post #36
acheron wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

An atheist, a vegan, and a CrossFitter walk into a bar. I only know because they told everyone within two minutes.

Really? How many official atheistic rituals are performed per week? per month? per year? How many atheistic personalities do you see/hear on the radio / television (talking about atheism, not about pizza)? How many atheistic politicians do you know (probably very few, since it is political suicide)? How many times per year is an atheist ringing at your door to tell you the wonders of atheism? (I get several calls per…

It's a reddit circlejerk repost. He's fishing for upvotes.

Re: The World Religions Tree (huge visualization)

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Post by cup »

gonvaled wrote: post #36
acheron wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

An atheist, a vegan, and a CrossFitter walk into a bar. I only know because they told everyone within two minutes.

Really? How many official atheistic rituals are performed per week? per month? per year? How many atheistic personalities do you see/hear on the radio / television (talking about atheism, not about pizza)? How many atheistic politicians do you know (probably very few, since it is political suicide)? How many times per year is an atheist ringing at your door to tell you the wonders of atheism? (I get several calls per…

Based on your response I think the joke was actually critically perfect.

You feel hook line and..

Re: The World Religions Tree (huge visualization)

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Post by gonvaled »

cup wrote: post #42
gonvaled wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Really? How many official atheistic rituals are performed per week? per month? per year? How many atheistic personalities do you see/hear on the radio / television (talking about atheism, not about pizza)? How many atheistic politicians do you know (probably very few, since it is political suicide)? How many times per year is an atheist ringing at your door to tell you the wonders of atheism? (I get several calls per…

Based on your response I think the joke was actually critically perfect. You feel hook line and..

Sorry, I must be dense, I do not get it

Re: The World Religions Tree (huge visualization)

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Post by the8472 »

hcarvalhoalves wrote: post #31
gillianseed wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>Now imagine the man-millenia wasted on all that hocus pocus. my/mine imaginary deity/deities is/are the one true deity/deities, because, er, I say so, and so did my parents! how people can buy into the fairy-tales which is religion has always baffles me, atleast unless you are indoctrinated from a young age and shielded from critical thinking.

You're naive if you think that's all what religion boils down to. That tree includes Confucianism, for instance. Although it's considered a religion, it's secular and closer to philosophy. Most religions are also mixed with creation mythologies, which have a bonding function inside cultures and ethnic groups. So, the `religion` subject is much more complex than a simple pissing contest.

It also makes it a fairly fuzzy target, since at at any time someone might invoke but does not apply to , therefore it's not really an argument against religion per se and i dismiss it entirely

Exhaustive, lawyer-proof arguments are fairly tedious. Obviously some generalizations and shortcuts are taken.

The "my imaginary deity" argument was (hopefully) meant as criticism regarding institutionalized denial of truth to uphold supernatural aspects and claims to power for various religions.

Creation mythologies don't just have a bonding function, they may also serve as a justification for monarchy or caste systems if some people are descended from/treated preferentially by some aspect of that creation. X's chosen people.

Of course religions did fulfill social roles, as glue for people who needed answers for things that could not be answered at the time. And maybe they still do to some extent to this day. But that shouldn't keep anyone from highlighting anachronistic aspects.

Re: The World Religions Tree (huge visualization)

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Post by bennettfeely »

madengr wrote: post #22

Nice chart. Glad to be an atheist. Now imagine the man-millenia wasted on all that hocus pocus. Anyway, you are here: http://i.imgur.com/WNkmN.jpg

What I see is millennia of people who have found themselves in a mysteriously ordered world with intense experiences and moral instincts. Over time people have developed systems to explain these things which have developed also.

Religion can provide a sense of community and support that society can otherwise lack. Personal faith can also be a means of support for people in troubled times.

Re: The World Religions Tree (huge visualization)

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Post by ryan-c »

egwynn wrote: post #21

This could be awesome, but instead it falls very flat. If the author is reading this, I think my advice boils down to: 1. Cite sources 2. Make it an SVG

(I am a friend of the author and host the site for him) Sources were cited, the submitter deep-linked. A redirect is now in place to the page that has more information.

Edit, for clarity:

* 000024.org is owned by my friend, Alex Fink

* The 000024.org website is hosted on one of my servers, along with a few other static sites belonging to friends. I have been doing this for free as a favor to those friends for many years.

* The submitted link was not the intended landing page, but is now redirecting to it.

* The intended landing page explains where the images came from.

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