Yik Yak icon
Join communities on Yik Yak Download
I Never understood the “it’s culture not religion” argument. Does religion not highly influence culture? I don’t get it 💀
upvote 10 downvote

⚒️
Anonymous 5d

What’s the argument?

upvote 1 downvote
default user profile icon
Anonymous replying to -> mother_russia 5d

I’m anti theist myself and I just see that being thrown around a lot when people argue about theism. Like Europe and the Middle East are the way that they are because of religion. And religion highly influences both of those cultures. This includes misogyny and colonialism

upvote 1 downvote
⚒️
Anonymous replying to -> OP 5d

I feel it’s more the other way around honestly, like culture creates the religion and people will make texts and beliefs say whatever they want it to. But they do feed off each other

upvote 3 downvote
default user profile icon
Anonymous replying to -> mother_russia 5d

I Lowkey agree. Without religion we wouldn’t have modern European culture you know? But these are also societies that function before Abrahamic religions, and said religions completely changed those cultures

upvote 1 downvote
⚒️
Anonymous replying to -> OP 5d

That’s fair. The crusades really fucked shit up and the colonization by theocracies (I think that’s the right word?)

upvote 1 downvote