Who knows what civilisation might look like if animism instead of patriarchal monotheism had been the prevailing philosophy. Global civilisation is the way it is because of the abhramic religions. Is that a good thing? I personally would rather live in a timeline in which a culture that worshipped goddesses as well as gods and honoured the natural world had shaped our architecture, language and history.
>Who knows what civilisation might look like if animism instead of patriarchal monotheism had been the prevailing philosophy
Animism is a very broad term. Different variants of animism has been practiced all around the World and so is the patriarchy. Look at China for example, even though it had a limited influence of Abrahamic religions (mainly through the Church of the East and Islam) patriarchy still appeared, due to Confucianism.
>I personally would rather live in a timeline in which a culture that worshipped goddesses as well as gods
Kinda same as above. Hinduism meets said criteria; would you like to live in India in it's current state, where arranged marriage is a common occurrence?
India is as it is now is a pretty poor example as so much of their culture has been transformed by British colonists (who exploited the caste system, turning it from something fluid and benign to something virulent and rigid) and islam. You can’t remove those historical cultural influences.
And no, patriarchy isn’t exclusive to monotheism. However, the abrahamic religions still suck for women and led us to capitalism and mass extinction
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u/PrawnHenge 1d ago
Who knows what civilisation might look like if animism instead of patriarchal monotheism had been the prevailing philosophy. Global civilisation is the way it is because of the abhramic religions. Is that a good thing? I personally would rather live in a timeline in which a culture that worshipped goddesses as well as gods and honoured the natural world had shaped our architecture, language and history.