IS RELIGION actually a philosophy?

[Faithfulservant]

@servantuitions

Yawhea?

Thats a new spelling for me... Ive seen so many different versions that im amazed that the sacred name movement hasnt fallen apart because they cant agree on His name.

 

[TheLightWithin]

Well religion is larger than philosophy.

They overlap, but you could argue philosophy is larger than religion, in the sense there are strains of philosophy called religious philosophy and philosophy of religion, but there are large areas of philosophy that do not deal with religion at all, and instead deal very thoroughly with a vast array of other topics.

 

[TheLightWithin]

Yes, it's a phenomena of the West, I think, to relegate religion from public discourse.

Or at least have it not dominate public discourse or dominate non-religious topics or lead to conflicts amongst people of different religions.

 

[mangalvaar]

to begin with, Jesus Christ said to take the blame

I've read the canonical gospels many times, and I do not recall Jesus of Nazareth ever saying, 'Take the blame.'

 

[Thomas]

Withdrawn

 

[talib-al-kalim]

Help me. Am I seeing this correctly, that religion is actually also philosophy, namely, if you look at it like, to begin with, Jesus Christ said to take the blame, which is the opposite of giving blame, which makes it philosophical with the question of whether religion is the opposite of philosophy, which would mean that philosophers do not take the blame but give it, but is this true? What do you think?

Did Jesus himself say to take the blame? Paul said somehow that Jesus took the sin on him, but Jesus?
Is Philosophy giving the blame? I would say it's describing and offering ways to understand the world.
Religion is also describing and offering ways to understand the world.
Still, I see differences between them
- Philosophers quote their predecessors and add to it or dispute it - Theologists explain and develop the ideas of the founders and some predecessors.
- Religion is not only theology, but also spirituality.