So this argument if anything undermines your claim
You missed my point entirely. I conceded that I might be using too broad of a category with the title of religion and pointed to an example where there is debate over whether it counts as a religion or not to determine membership in the category. (incidentally part of the argument is over whether ancestor worship is part of Confucianism or is from traditional Chinese “heaven” worship). Since you do not consider Confucianism a religion then Transhumanism is not a religion, as I conceded.
. Which do you think would work better, answering every apparent attempt to get a mystical experience with something that the believer expects to be true, or answering every one of them with a revelation about a specific religion made up by the demons.
Actually I think mystical experiences with things the believer expects to be true works fine once the religion of the believer has already been modified away from strict truth. This creates groups that believe in very different things and have reinforcing experiences such that if the truth were attempted to be restored it would face social momentum against it rather then be a constant among confusion. As far as I can tell though both tactics have been used depending on what can be made to work.
Could you point me to where it is?
I consider this to have been covered in theOtherDave line of discussions.
You missed my point entirely. I conceded that I might be using too broad of a category with the title of religion and pointed to an example where there is debate over whether it counts as a religion or not to determine membership in the category. (incidentally part of the argument is over whether ancestor worship is part of Confucianism or is from traditional Chinese “heaven” worship). Since you do not consider Confucianism a religion then Transhumanism is not a religion, as I conceded.
Actually I think mystical experiences with things the believer expects to be true works fine once the religion of the believer has already been modified away from strict truth. This creates groups that believe in very different things and have reinforcing experiences such that if the truth were attempted to be restored it would face social momentum against it rather then be a constant among confusion. As far as I can tell though both tactics have been used depending on what can be made to work.
I consider this to have been covered in theOtherDave line of discussions.