Oooh… CATEGORIES OF RELIGION by Luke Weinhagen Maybe play off parasitism with

Oooh…

CATEGORIES OF RELIGION

by Luke Weinhagen

Maybe play off parasitism with other forms of symbiosis –

1. Mutualitic Religion – benefit to practitioners and benefit to non-practitioners

… (Rule of Law)

2. Commensalitic Religion – benefit to practitioners with no cost to non-practitioner

… (christianity, buddhism, animism)

3. Amensalitic Religion – no benefit to the practitioner and harm to the non-practitioner

….(islam)

4. Parasitic Religion – benefit to the practitioner and harm to the non-practitioner

…. (judaism)