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[gandalfglamdrin.livejournal.com]

We were supposed to be moving on to Buddism today.
However, due to the large amounts of new students, we will again start from the beginning. I hope that there will be more class discussion.

Welcome to Comparitive Religion.

The feast is ready for you all. There should be a multitude of favorate foods available.
I hope we will all get along well.

To start the class, please, once more, tell me... What is Religion?

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[gandalfglamdrin.livejournal.com]

explain.

[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

((I'm afraid I need to get to bed, I'll comment in the morning.))

[notashepherd.livejournal.com]

((OOC: Ditto the bed bit... I'll comment tomorrow morning as well. Wish I could stay up longer-- I've been wanting to get in on conversation))

[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

Okay, it's like this. Sometimes religions might be preaching good things, but amongst there rules they sometimes target a certain minority in the population and disapprove of them. Now, that can be all fine and dandy as long as they keep it to themselves, but when the religious institution and the government start getting too chummy, they might actually abuse their power to publically condemn these people.

Or you know, what if your religion is actually one that preaches that everyone has to do exactly as their priests - who get so called visions from their god - tells them too and everyone who doesn't gets wiped out and everyone who does listen, gets virtually enslaved because the hierarchy gets power mad.