"Religion" isn't mere mysticism--it's sythesis/integration of conscious w. sub-conscious, first--otherwise, it MIGHT be mystic, but not necessarily....

Below-copied by ap submitted, but CENSORED/deleted by kike, Unz, at comments, http://www.unz.com/article/a-liberal...rds-the-abyss/

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"Religion" Needs Be Understood Properly--Often Vehicle For Serious Philosophy
(Apollonian, 3 Feb 19)

<blockquote>"The essence of any religion —- basically a mix of unsubstantiated superstition and blind faith depending on no verifiable evidence...."</blockquote>

Thou need merely ck any dictionary: "religion" is simply the integration of mind/intellect w. sentiment/emotion, that's all.

Particular subject-matter of a given religion might be anything, rational or irrational, but the "religious" part of it is in the psychologic integration throughout the whole being, conscious and sub-conscious.

Note "religion" preceded, historically, rational philosophic systems, but often contained within a basic philosophy for which the religion was mere vehicle. For remember FEW people are capable of thorough-going reason and philosophy, but RELIGION is something anyone can follow, by means of chanting repetitions, and ceremony, etc.--especially story-telling, which began for Christianity in Old Test., the New Test. being clarification and restatement.

Note also in New Test., Christ, the protagonist, conducts a distinct dialectic w. Pharisees and Pharisaism who featured subjectivism of "Oral Law Tradition," later written out in Babylonian Talmud--see Talmudical.blogspot.com, RevisionistReview.blogspot.com, and Come-and-hear.com for expo.

Note further, my basic, original posting, above, # 4, is eminently verified, Unz, typical Jew, CENSORING/deleting my reasonable rejoinders to "miggle" and "wizard," above.


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# 60, Justsaying says:
February 3, 2019 at 4:29 pm GMT • 100 Words
@apollonian

…and essence of Christianity and Christian civilization is reason and objective reality, necessary basis of TRUTH (= Christ)

My goodness! The essence of any religion —- basically a mix of unsubstantiated superstition and blind faith depending on no verifiable evidence —- to be equated with reason and objective reality, phenomena more aligned with the scientific method and culture is patently absurd. And to quote a book written when the earth was still thought a flat, anthropocentric mass and stars perched in the heavens as glittering divine ornaments? I rest my case.