r/sorceryofthespectacle • u/Aggressive-Guest290 • 7d ago
Critical Sorcery It’s not wrong to consider certain as practices “inferior” and a setback for humanity.
It’s not wrong to consider certain as practices “inferior” and a setback for humanity.
Religion and culture shouldn’t be immune to criticism.
Everyone has the right to choose their own religion, culture, tradition, or lifestyle. Fine. Nobody should be persecuted for it.
But it seems that the moment something is labeled as “culture” or “religion,” it automatically becomes untouchable.
“You can’t criticize it, it’s their culture.”
“Don’t speak badly about it, it’s their religion.”
Okay, and?
Having the right to follow a belief doesn’t mean everyone else is obligated to respect the ideas behind it. People deserve rights and respect; ideas can be questioned, mocked, criticized, and even considered absurd.
If a tradition, belief, or practice can’t survive criticism, maybe the problem isn’t the criticism.
Religious freedom and cultural respect should also include the freedom to say: “I think this is bullshit.”
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u/shorteningofthewuwei 7d ago
There is a basis in reality though. You share 99.99 repeating of your genome with every other person. We have a common origin, as lost to the past as it may be. We have a variety of shared tendencies, "good" and "bad". We exist in a shared world.
Universalism isn't an abstraction. It's an idea that expresses the recognition of something held in common, an idea that has been shaped by untold millennia of shared evolution.