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)

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

… (christianity, buddhism, animism) 2. Amensalitic Religion – no benefit to the practitioner and harm to the non-practitioner

….(islam) 3. Parasitic Religion – benefit to the practitioner and harm to the non-practitioner

…. (judaism)