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Originally Posted by $5 submissions
The problem I see with this is that disembodied ideals alienate people. It makes our own goodness pale next to the unreachable concepts of perfection. We are all made to feel less worthy. When saints get idolized so much we only achieve the frustrating realization that we can't be anything but sinners.
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Of course, that's part of the method of control the monotheistic religions utilize - to make people feel like shit about everything they do, that happiness and goodness can only be found and achieved by following the authority of religion doctrine and dogma.
The eastern religions like Buddhism and Hinduism teach about concepts of human perfection, that it's within us to transcend our inner demons and human struggles and reach the perfect state without some supernatural wizard awarding it to us.