Was Seneca Being Stupid About Religion? [Forum - Conversations] - Oneness

This quote by Seneca misunderstands the meaning of religion, and these later philosophers then have helped incorrectly shape society.

A religion in ancient times was what created our laws, policies, and was the backbone of any cultural narrative.

For example: Moses created a statutory law system, and a council of elders - that was his religion, that isn't some optional control mechanism as has been ascribed since then.

Muhammad did the same with Islam, and tried to refine some of the inheritance laws, etc, that existed in the Middle East.

Lao Tzu was a sage in the Chinese government, and on retiring tried to create a system that would lead to a better society.

These show that religion wasn't some optional past time, and instead is equal to what government now does - of create a moral law system for people to live by.

When the ethical ideas, and the governing system do not agree though, you end up with a divided society, and this is something that needs attending to globally.

It is one of the reasons people say, do not discuss religion & politics, as people get heated about these topics when divided, as it isn't fixable, unless we unite the concepts.

The next thing I find appalling within the Seneca quote, is allowing a naive belief system to be classed as a religion; we also have Pauline Christianity amplifying that concept, of calling it "the faith", when talking about a religious belief system.

Since a religion is a group of people with a set of fundamental beliefs - for society to be stable globally, we all need one religion as a planet: that is so comprehensive, and so well thought out, it describes the workings of theology accurately in both mathematics, and science - not some whimsical idea built on superstitions.

A complete religion must also cover the essence of our being accurately, what our reality is comprehensively; so it isn't optional for 'ordinary people', yet is advanced enough for 'intellectuals' to master, and those in power to know that they have to abide to the same standards, else the law's it contains will come against them.