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> Religions are not sufficient enough...

I don't really draw such a strong distinction between religion and philosophy. I consider theology to be a school of philosophy that deals with certain metaphysical axioms and their implications.

If investment in philosophy helps people understand how most controversy is downstream from assumptions they don't know they're making, they might be able to de-escalate from thier religious fervor (a popular "religion" these days is an unhealthy political divisiveness), I welcome that investment.

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Russel:

Philosophy, as I shall understand the word, is something intermediate between theology and science. Like theology, it consists of speculations on matters as to which definite knowledge has, so far, been unascertainable; but like science, it appeals to human reason rather than to authority, whether that of tradition or that of revelation. All definite knowledge—so I should contend— belongs to science; all dogma as to what surpasses definite knowledge belongs to theology. But between theology and science there is a No Man's Land, exposed to attack from both sides; this No Man's Land is philosophy

Religion is a oversimplification of philosophy doctrines. Imagine Moses trying to communicate with regular folk his views on the world in a way that Socrates did. It was much more efficient to translate it to a set of stories that impose specific behavior.

The closest religion to philosophy (I can think of) is Buddhism, it is basically a guide to learn about self and the world.

I don't agree, maybe you have have a oversimplified view of religion, do you believe religion only consists of regular folks? Where would you put St. Thomas and his Summa Theologica

Religion, like schools of philosophy, grow overtime as more theologians add to the thought.

Here is a theologian's thought on modern secularism, it is essentially a philosophical essay: https://www.firstthings.com/article/2018/02/the-metaphysics-...

> Religion is a oversimplification of philosophy doctrines.

No, it's not, though what most people are exposed to is, just as what most people exposed to philosophy by other means get is oversimplified. If you go beyond the surface, theology is no less deep than other philosophy.

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