[lbo-talk] Marxism and Religion

[Miles Jackson]

Eubulides wrote:
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> It is extremely unlikely that, in the US at least, any other institution will or 
> could help people cope with the inevitability of their own death and the death 
> of their loved ones. Vast swathes of the US populace seem ghastly afraid of 
> death. No political philosophy or politics can deal with that.
>
> Ian
>   
Human beings have been coping with knowledge of death for tens 
(hundreds?) of thousands of years.  For only a small proportion of that 
time have their fears been assuaged by organized religion.  There is no 
historical evidence that supports your implied claim that organized 
religion is inevitable because people have to cope with death.  (People 
throughout the ages and across various cultures have developed many 
interesting ways to deal with death!)

Miles