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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-17-09 03:25 PM Original message |
Poll question: Are religions creative forces that alter the societies in which they exist? |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-17-09 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
1. Of course they do. Anything that people in a society are involved with will alter that society. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-17-09 03:28 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Unless you believe that religions are entirely expressions of a society, |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-17-09 03:36 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. I know of no religion - or ideology or philosophy - that is entirely expressed in any society, ever. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-17-09 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
2. Or do societies alter religions? |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-17-09 03:29 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. That question is specifically addressed in the poll. |
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Trajan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-17-09 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
6. I tend to be anti-religion .... |
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xfundy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-17-09 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
7. (Most) Religions are destructive, not creative, and do not alter society |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-17-09 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
8. I voted, "Yes, religions alter societies fnord." |
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Crunchy Frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-17-09 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
9. Sometimes yes, oftentimes no. |
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cyborg_jim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-17-09 07:12 PM Response to Original message |
10. Religions ARE societies n/t |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
11. I cant think of several specific examples |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
12. Look at Hawai'i. |
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