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What's the difference between religion and culture?

Post by fasil1235 » 07 Feb 2026, 21:41

Both religion and culture serve as the "operating system" for a society. They provide the framework through which people interpret reality.
• Identity and Belonging: Both tell you who "your people" are. Whether it's a shared language (culture) or a shared liturgy (religion), they create an "in-group." 
• Moral Compasses: They both dictate what is "good" or "bad." In culture, this might be etiquette or social norms; in religion, it’s often framed as divine law or karma.
• Ritual and Routine: Think about the "ritual" of a morning coffee or a national holiday versus the ritual of prayer. Both provide structure and predictability to human life

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Re: What's the difference between religion and culture?

Post by Horus » 07 Feb 2026, 22:29

fasil1235 wrote:
07 Feb 2026, 21:41
Both religion and culture serve as the "operating system" for a society. They provide the framework through which people interpret reality.
• Identity and Belonging: Both tell you who "your people" are. Whether it's a shared language (culture) or a shared liturgy (religion), they create an "in-group." 
• Moral Compasses: They both dictate what is "good" or "bad." In culture, this might be etiquette or social norms; in religion, it’s often framed as divine law or karma.
• Ritual and Routine: Think about the "ritual" of a morning coffee or a national holiday versus the ritual of prayer. Both provide structure and predictability to human life
ካልቸር ኃይማኖትን ይበልጠዋል። በመሰረቱ ኃይማኖት የካልቸር አንዱ አካል ነው።

ካልቸርን ባህል እንለዋለን። ኃይማኖት እምነት ማለት ነው።

ባህል በሰው ልጅ እጅ የተሰራው ነገር ሁሉ ማለት ነው ። ደሞም በሰው አይምሮ የታሰበው ነገር ሁሉ ማለት ነው።

በዚህ አለም ላይ ያሉት ሁለት ዓይነት ነገሮች ብቻ ናቸው ፤ እነሱም በፍጥረት (ኔቸር) የተሰሩና በሰው ልጅ እጅ (ካልቸር) የተሰሩ ብቻ ናቸው።

ኃይማኖት (እምነት) የሰው ልጅ ከሰራቸው እልፍ ነገሮች አንዱ ነው ።

እምነት አንድን ነገር እውነት ነው ብሎ መቀበል ሲሆን ፤ ኃይማኖት እውነት ነው ብለን የተቀበልነውን ነገር የፈጠረው ኃይል ወይም ፈጣሪ እንትን ነው ብለን ማመን (መቀበል) ነው።

ባህል (ካልቸር) ብልሃት ማለት ነው። ብልሃት ዘዴ ፣ መላ፣ ቴክኒክ ፣ ቴክልኖሎጂ ፣ ስልት ፣ ስልጣኔ ማለት ነው።

ፍልስፍና ። ቲኦሪ ፣ አሰራር ፣ ቀኖና ፣ ተግባር ፣ ሥራ ሁሉም ባህል ናቸው ።

ባህል ፣ ስልት፣ ስነ ምግባር ፣ ስነ ስርዓት ግላዊ ሕይወትም ሆነ ማሕበራዊ ሕይወትን ለማደራጀትና ለመምራት እንደ መርህና ሕግ ብንቀበላቸውም እንደ ኃይማኖታዊ እምነት ፍጹም አይደሉም። ባህል ይሻራል ፣ ባህል ይለወጣል፣ ባህል ይሻሻላል ።

አንድ ሰው ብዙ ባህል ሊኖረው ይችላል ፤ ግን ብዙ ኃይማኖት ሊኖረው አይችልም ።

ስለዚህ ባህል (ካልቸር) በመሰረቱ የሰው ልጅ ኑሮ ብልሃት ፣ ስልት ፣ ወይም ስልጣኔ ማለት ነው

ለምሳሌ የኦርቶዶክስ ቀኖና (መጾም፣ መስገድ ለምሳሌ) ባህል ነው። ስነ ምግባር ነው። በአንድ እግዚአብሄርና ማሪያም ማመን ግን እምነቱ ነው። በማሪያም የማያምን ኦርቶዶክስ አይደለም።

አንድ ሰው እንጀራ በወጥ ሲበላ የኢትዮጵያ ባህል ነው (እንጀራ በወጥ የኢትዮጵያ ምግብ አሰራር ስልት (ባህል፣ ባልትና) ነው ። ያ ሰው ሃምበርገር ሲበላ ያሜሪካ ባህል ነው። ስለዚህ አንድ ሰው ያሻውን ያክል የተለያዩ ባህሎች መከተል ይችላል።

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Re: What's the difference between religion and culture?

Post by eritrea » 07 Feb 2026, 23:02

fasil1235 wrote:
07 Feb 2026, 21:41
Both religion and culture serve as the "operating system" for a society. They provide the framework through which people interpret reality.
• Identity and Belonging: Both tell you who "your people" are. Whether it's a shared language (culture) or a shared liturgy (religion), they create an "in-group." 
• Moral Compasses: They both dictate what is "good" or "bad." In culture, this might be etiquette or social norms; in religion, it’s often framed as divine law or karma.
• Ritual and Routine: Think about the "ritual" of a morning coffee or a national holiday versus the ritual of prayer. Both provide structure and predictability to human life
You are not telling the difference but the similarities between the two.

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Re: What's the difference between religion and culture?

Post by fasil1235 » 08 Feb 2026, 02:02

Why does God not kill Satan?

We as humans and even animals kill our enemies

We are not designed to be enemies for long. Eventually violence breaks out and someone wins and kills the other.

So why has the biblical God not killed the devil?

Or is it because God and the devil are not enemies

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