See, that’s the problem. The “No True Scotsman” fallacy. If I want to define rel

See, that’s the problem. The “No True Scotsman” fallacy. If I want to define religion as first principles, it’s not true. If you want to define religion as supernatural that’s a subset of that institution that we call religion. Now you could say we need another name for the production of mindfulness, of which, supernatural religion is one means. Or we can say that it’s just an evolution of grammars from most empathic and imaginary to most systematic and concrete. Generally speaking humans need a sequence of grammars that mirror human development and human developmental ability. Generally speaking to produce coherence in a population and suppress conflict groups need a standard of weights and measures of ideas and behavior, and a system of debt to obligate them to it so that ostracization and shame regulate adherence to it.

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