I dont know if this has been discussed before or not, but here I go.

Is there room for religion in an anarchy? I mean, religion is clearly not very anarchistic..

God
Prophets
Pope
Bishops
Priests
Regular Folks
(Using the catholic/Christian set up as its the one I know best)

In an anarchy we are all equal, but according to religion God is a supreme being thats better than all of us.

And if we were to start a revolution it would be extremely difficult to get everyone to denounce their God and religion, as this is something most people in the world holds above almost everything.

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There may not be RELIGION (the Catholic Church, the Protestant Sect, etc), but there will be SPIRITUALITY.

I find myself very spiritual, but not religious. For example, I follow many of Christ's teachings but I do not consider myself of the Christian religion. I don't worship anyone.

i think there can definately be spirituality and religion, just not the kind we're used to. people are letting go of their religions. most people in my class are not religious, and they're basically all somewhat libertarian socialists. in the class i was in last year most people werent libertarians, but there were very few who were religious or even believed in god. this is spain im speaking of, and most of europe seems to be going in the same direction. even in Amerika atheists are taking the power back. right now they're being ignored by the media because of the elections, but soon they will come back out again.

i consider myself very spiritual, and in fact, i consider anarchism very spiritual as well, since it requires us to be connected to society and nature, and sort of "expand" our egos, so what we interpret as "I" is not only our body but also our society.

I think it's perfectly acceptable to have religion in an anarchistic system. Just because you believe in a religion doesn't mean you can't be an anarchist. Sure, many religions around the world have ranking systems, but that's not intended to denote social status, just your duties to your god.

I'll admit that I'm not too big a fan of religion...because I just can't look at a book with fantasy stories of immaculate powers and accept it as fact. I can believe that there is a higher power somewhere out there...because there's no scientific explanation for what drives us as sentient beings. There's no explanation for the soul...for what makes us believe what we choose to believe.

actually, my grandma is looking for a scientific explanation for the soul and god o.o;;

that said, ummm, people believing they have duties to higher beings....it smacks of hierarchy....not that you can't be religious and an anarchist - i would just say it reduces the chances, since its hard to consolidate the two concepts...at least in religions based on this idea, there are quite a lot of religions....

damn it, i'm seeing too much of both sides.

i'm gonna go with: its irrelevant.

A jealous lover of human liberty, deeming it the absolute condition of all that we admire and respect in humanity, I reverse the phrase of Voltaire, and say that, if God really existed, it would be necessary to abolish him. -mikhail bakunin

religion (in the western sense) is supreme authoritarianism and theres no room for it in anarchism.