| IIIIITHE1IIIII said: I understand that, but don't really see the connection. Extreme supporters can be found everywhere, just as 'light' supporters can be found everywhere. Some people are extremely fanboyish towards their preferred systems while others don't feel the need to care about what others think or should think. Same thing goes for religion; some people try to push their religion down other peoples throats to a lesser or greater extend, while others are fine with letting others believe whichever religion they may prefer. Your comparison makes it sound like when people lose their faith, they start believing in consoles and brands and such to fill up the empty space. That would suggest that the greatest fans of a console are more religious than others - a comparison that I don't agree with. If I misinterpreted something, feel free to fill me in. |
I'm saying that, if you're interpreting the decline of Christianity in western society as an indicator that we've evolved past our need for religion, we clearly haven't. When people are fat and happy and complacent, they are less desperate to exercise this need. But we are always just one cataclysm away from a religious revival. So, even if you were to successfully eradicate every existing religion, I don't see any reason why the old ones wouldn't eventually come back or new ones wouldn't arise in the post-oppression era.
I do think that you are too narrowly defining religion, but I don't think that hardcore fans are necessarily religious about their brand of choice. But if you were around here during the days of johnlucas and MikeB, you'd have seen that they certainly can be.
