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Then so be it.
However, I fail to see the logic in your conclusion, and, in fact, it directly clashes with reality: There is no religion everyone has to follow, yet we don´t have communism.
Whatever - I´d surely prefer communism over a theocracy any day.
Would have to follow? I'm going to assume that you don't mean that they are being forced to follow by law, but have somehow been converted in that direction.
I'm not sure why you are limiting this to established religions, and I'm not quite sure what you consider "established" (e.g., is Wicca an "established" religion?), or even what you consider a "religion". If you could clarify these, it would help.
Naturally, I would choose Eudaimonism as the world "religion", if it could count as one. It's a nontheistic philosophical path, and perhaps not what you mean by "religion", but there you go.
If I can't choose that, I suppose that I would choose either Thelema or Buddhism. Or Stoicism, if that would count. (Stoicism is techincally a philosophy, but advocated belief in an intelligent panentheistic orderer of reality.)
Generally speaking, I would choose a religion that was strong on the advocacy of rational inquiry, personal insights, and charting one's own path.
eudaimonia,
Mark
I'm not going to argue that the only society without a religion is communist until someone points out a society without religion that is not communist. I am pragmatic and a student of history to a fault which is why I take this stance. To argue hypotheticals of something that never has been would be a waste of my time.
I'm coming from a stance of if the UN took over the world and had to choose a religion to run the empire and the Emperor said, "Mark, help me out with this. What religion should we make everyone act like they follow to keep them in line?" Which would you choose?
I'm not going to argue that the only society without a religion is communist until someone points out a society without religion that is not communist. I am pragmatic and a student of history to a fault which is why I take this stance. To argue hypotheticals of something that never has been would be a waste of my time.
[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweden#Religion" said:Today about 75% of Swedes belong to the Church of Sweden (Lutheran), but the number is decreasing by about 1% every year, and Church of Sweden services are sparsely attended (hovering in the single digit percentages of the population).[73] The reason for the large number of inactive members is partly that until 1996, children became members automatically at birth if at least one of the parents was a member. Since 1996, all children that are christened become members. Some 275,000 Swedes are today members of various free churches (where congregation attendance is much higher), and, in addition, immigration has meant that there are now some 92,000 Roman Catholics and 100,000 Eastern Orthodox Christians living in Sweden.[74] Because of immigration, Sweden also has a significant Muslim population. Almost 500,000 are Muslims by tradition, but approximately 5% (25,000) of these are practising Islam (in the sense of attending Friday prayer and praying five times a day).[75] (See Islam in Sweden.)
According to the most recent Eurobarometer Poll 2005,[76] 23% of Swedish citizens responded that "they believe there is a god", whereas 53% answered that "they believe there is some sort of spirit or life force" and 23% that "they do not believe there is any sort of spirit, god, or life force".
Sweden ranks aside with France and Russia on having a large minority of its citizens who have no religion. Independent of these statistics, it is generally known that Swedish society, collectively, is in some ways comparatively secular and non-religious.[77]
A quick look through wikipedia reveals that none of the Nordic countries are particularly religious, but in all of them, no more than a quarter of the population affirms that there is no god, and none of them are even close to Communist.
If I had too, I would choose Christianity because thats what I beleive and the world would be a much better place is everyone agreed with me.from the religions already established. Which would you choose?
You are, of course, perfectly entitled to base your views on logical fallacies.I'm not going to argue that the only society without a religion is communist until someone points out a society without religion that is not communist.
Yet you were the one arguing hypothetically and making a prediction and a "by default" claim - as opposed to merely making a statement about history.I am pragmatic and a student of history to a fault which is why I take this stance. To argue hypotheticals of something that never has been would be a waste of my time.
I'm not going to argue that the only society without a religion is communist until someone points out a society without religion that is not communist. I am pragmatic and a student of history to a fault which is why I take this stance. To argue hypotheticals of something that never has been would be a waste of my time.
from the religions already established. Which would you choose?
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