MUFTIC FORUM BLOG: Is religion a cult?

Monday, January 18, 2021

Is religion a cult?

The action of the blind believers in whatever Trump says is the truth and what he has done is due to his cult-like control has spread into a debate of whether religion is a cult, too. False equivalencies at work, here. Here is my take on that:

I do object to religious philosophy being passed off as a cult. However, more death has been caused in the name of religion in history than we could count. It is not unlike what we see now in right-wing protestant Evangelicals...which is closely related to cultural racism ...my observation having been born and raised in Eastern Oklahoma. There are some academic studies that try to make the same connection. Let us not forget that our Judeo-Christian -called- civilization is fundamentally about the golden rule and has roots back to 3 to 4000 years...and that most religions also share many of the same ethics and idealized rules for behavior. My belief is that people looked for an antidote to humanity's worst anti-social behavior and found it in religion and they most often seek some divine intervention when they feel out of control by horrific events...personally or as a group. It is the application of religious philosophy that gives religion a bad name, but it is the glue that holds civilization together in the face of total anarchism. If anything that still means faith and belief is a cult to you, then at least separate the good from the bad. From their fruits, you shall know them.

The worship of Trump himself by women has always puzzled me. Even after exposting his criminal payoffs to Stormy Daniels and his p grabbing admissions, they adore him. Why? What this reminded me of women in another era...1930's ...in Germany, who were as much Hitler supporters as were men. Their slogan was Kinder, Küche, Kirche .. in German or in English: children, kitchen, church.....what was the woman's' place...of an idealized German woman. Fascism was also a woman's movement then.