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LostYonder wrote

You are reproducing a very stereotypical depiction of a god that is anthropomorphized in order to critique the idea. God is variably understood and not always as an entity that stands above, but many see ideas of god as a force within us, that opens up our hearts to the humanity in others. Yes, some do reduce god to an object, a thing, then place "Him" on a pedestal above human kind, but that is not the sole understanding of god, at least not in the three Abrahamic faiths.

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jaidedctrl wrote

I'm not an anarchist, but I thought anarchism was about fighting unjust hierarchy, not all hierarchy. If you were religious, the hierarchy wouldn't seem very unjust.
(I'm probably wrong, though-- I need to read up more on anarchism!)

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An_Old_Big_Tree wrote (edited )

That's a thing more liberal 'anarchists' generally say, or a rhetorical move to appeal to liberals, afaik.

If you were religious, the hierarchy wouldn't seem very unjust.

replace key terms and you get
"if you were statist, the state wouldn't seem very unjust"
"if you were capitalist, capitalism wouldn't seem very unjust"
Which should hopefully make it clear that this approach does not apply.

Anarchists are against all systemic/structural hierarchy. With regards to religion, this usually amounts at least to an anti-clericalism (as part of the same move against political mediation that is found in the critique of politicians and mediation by any 'experts'), and a rejection of any transcendent spiritual entity's ability to determine our lives or ethics.

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