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Religion mid term
religion mid term
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| religion retains a uniqueness on its own | nonreductionist not universal distinctive elements cant be reduced understood on own terms |
| another reality | nonreductionist another world of higher power see through experiences no human can make happen or reduce it |
| religion never appears in a pure state | nonreductionist intertwined with things happens when you experience something so deep it feels greater than yourself |
| homo religious | religious man wraps whole life around the sacred sacred manifests itself through things people believe sacred is set apart from everything else |
| spiritual booze | reductionist turn to religion for protection and comfort takes away their pain and suffering blocks them from facing real problems |
| David hume | create religion because of their fear of future events and the unknown |
| Sigmund freud | based on allusions that come from human wishes |
| Karl marx | created by humans and their social conditions |
| Emile durkheim | put things in the sacred and profane category |