tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3540283839479085577.post3836135854830034338..comments2023-06-28T04:54:16.142-07:00Comments on Anthroslug the Much Put-Upon: Old time religion...or notAnthroslughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12455234504938025982noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3540283839479085577.post-50163671390946135952010-08-10T22:36:17.511-07:002010-08-10T22:36:17.511-07:00RBH, I tend to agree with you, I just try to avoid...RBH, I tend to agree with you, I just try to avoid making statements about prportion without any actual data. But, I have seen more than a few people exclaim their dedication to a religious tradition, and then have to ask the tenets of the religion, which would tend to back up your notion.Anthroslughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02047686739793030565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3540283839479085577.post-5774156843394134052010-08-10T00:53:40.486-07:002010-08-10T00:53:40.486-07:00I'm posting this purely because I forgot to ch...I'm posting this purely because I forgot to check the "Email followup comments" box when I posted that last one. Sorry.RBHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13562135000111792590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3540283839479085577.post-73300643017003609352010-08-10T00:52:31.083-07:002010-08-10T00:52:31.083-07:00We, as a society, tend to talk about religion as b...<i>We, as a society, tend to talk about religion as being a deeply-held set of convictions and beliefs about the way the world works. For many people this is true. However, for some people religion has significantly more to do with adopting an identity than with belief. </i><br /><br />Nicely put. However, I think I'd reverse the "some" and the "many." My strong suspicion is that religion, and participation in religious communities, is in general more about identity than about beliefs. The beliefs are professed as part of the identification process rather than being primary. It's sort of 'I profess to hold these beliefs because doing so provides me with (validates? signals?) my identity in the context of a particular community.'<br /><br />That's not well put, I'm afraid, but it's in the neighborhood.RBHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13562135000111792590noreply@blogger.com