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rurallib

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1. Like ou, I took a comparative religion class in college

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Sat Dec 5, 2020, 01:27 PM

Dec 2020

many decades back. Having been raised a Catholic with 12 years of religion classes, I found the comparative to be fascinating. What I also found was that for the most part that despite the various claims underneath it all most religions had practices aimed mostly at keeping the faithful in line.

It wasn't much of a step from that to atheism.

Like you, I completely agree with the writer. Believe me if anything in this world should be studied in depth it is religion.

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Why universities -- and the rest of us -- need religion studies [View all] demmiblue Dec 2020 OP

Like ou, I took a comparative religion class in college rurallib Dec 2020 #1

Great op. One book I can recommend is "The Joy Of Sects"* which I found in a Green Bay abqtommy Dec 2020 #2

I agree about religion studies being important. Jim__ Dec 2020 #3

This is what I thought edhopper Dec 2020 #6

One of my favorite college classes was safeinOhio Dec 2020 #4

I'll one up that stopdiggin Dec 2020 #5