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[–]TheJamesRocket 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Both Christianity and Paganism are dead because they can't invoke sincere belief anymore and cannot stand up to scrutiny. I think the future of religion will be a blend of Neoplatonism and hero-worship/ancestor worship. Russia's cult of the great patriotic war, for example, is in a way a form of secular ancestor worship.

I am very favourable to ancestor worship as well. It connects us with our past and makes us remember that we did not just pop into existence from out of a vacuum: There were a long lineage of people who lived before us. It also makes people measure themselves up to their ancestors and hold themselves to a standard of behaviour. This is great stuff to have in any belief system.

BTW, didn't we have a thread a few months ago about the question of religion? I remember someone saying that there are certain aspects of Mormonism that would be desirable to have in a belief system.

Hermann Black

I know who you are talking about. Hermann Balck was a legend. He was one of the best divisional commanders in the German army, and thats really saying something.