is that it's a mindset. Its handing control of your brain over to a prevailing idea and causing said idea to become a base point around which every other mindset and idea must work around. Yes, the same can occur with political ideologies and philosophies as well, but religion is more potent in this aspect as it is less superficial in significance to the individual than the other two are. Unlike politics or philosophy, religion embodies a mindset that tells you where you came from, where you are, and where you're going and the way it is, is the way it is, period.
In truth, we must not hand our mind over to any sort of prevailing idea, be it religious, political, psychological, or philosophical. All ideas should be given their due time and due entrance into ones consciousness. Should an aspect of an idea demand the subjugation of your mind to it's dogma, teachings, or will, said idea should be thoroughly studied from the outside before one delves into it's insides as so one can properly resist the ideas demands of subjugation with a clear and educated open mind.
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