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[โ€“] [email protected] 30 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Religion, mythology and probably anything mystical. It's very easy why people believe in them, they're so alluring and genuinely wish they had truth to them. Unfortunately the only truth to be found is ancient wisdom, and even that can be very iffy sometimes.

[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

you may be interested in mysticism then.

I've always held that the true purpose of religion is to create atheists, and not in the modern edge lord I reject your god way.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

I'll do some reading, any recommendations would be appreciated!

Religion to me has always seemed as a way to create order in a seemingly orderless world, rationality set aside. I like philosophy for this reason, although it can be very pretentious.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 18 hours ago

This was one of the first times I kind of put everything together

https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/on-mysticism-ego-suffering-love

They have some reading recommendations I never seem to get around to.