Religiosity and Religion
Religiosity is the innate, ancient, and ongoing human capacity for meaning making. Religion is the result of meaning making reflecting specific times, tribes, and mores. Religiosity is rooted in curiosity about what is so. Religion is rooted in belief about what we are told is so. Religiosity is about engaging the present. Religion is about preserving the past. Religiosity has no fixed content and remains open to truth even as our understanding of truth evolves. Religion has prescribed content and clings to old truths even when they are shown to be false. Religiosity has teachers who point beyond themselves. Religion has leaders who point only toward themselves. Religiosity wants you to be awake. Religion prefers you to be asleep.
The true enemies of one religion aren’t those of another religion, or even those with no religion, but those within the religion who use it for their own ends.
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