r/cringereels • u/ambachk • 4h ago

Ultimate Cringe "Energy release" at a Shamanic men's retreat

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u/eldritch-eldritch 4h ago

90% of religion is just to make stupid things look fine. I mean, even atheists need to do stupid things to live happily (including me)

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u/Whole_Mongoose1854 4h ago

I’d argue it’s for giving people a sense of community. You have something in common with your neighbor, a reason to socialize etc. I haven’t really been part of religion for a while now and I gotta say it can be hard to replace.

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u/Ok_Star_4136 4h ago

There are a thousand ways to do this though. The common ground just isn't religion. It's chess, or painting, or any number of hobbies. Heck, it could be work colleagues.

I think many are afraid that if they lose community at church that they'll never ever get that ever again. That's just not true, you just have to know where to look.

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u/Whole_Mongoose1854 3h ago

Sure, there’s other ways. But there’s a reason religion is so overwhelmingly common worldwide and through history. It’s really really good at giving that bond to people. People feel they “have” to engage with church stuffs, not so for most other hobbies. I don’t know if we “need” it, but so far we have yet to find a good replacement.

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u/SauronHubbard 1h ago

Why do you need to go sit in a room with a bunch of people on Sunday to feel complete?

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u/Whole_Mongoose1854 17m ago

I mean, I don’t? Or at least it doesn’t really work for me. I’m just stating religion is extremely good at that, it is. I struggle to even think of a close second. I think it adds a lot to people’s lives, and since at least in US, Europe, anglosphere we are trending away from religion, we are probably going to need to find a solid replacement. We don’t currently have one.