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Religion vs magic in dealing with problems

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April 30, 2012

 

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There is some evidence of hostility in Western belief systems toward magic, with magic tending to be understood as an erroneous and unreliable belief knowledge system. Some anthropologists believe it is necessary to distinguish between religion and magic, seeing religion as a rational belief system and magic as irrational...
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Many evolutionist anthropologists maintain the belief that magic and religion equate to different stages of social evolution, holding that ?the deeper minds may be conceived to have made the great transition from magic to religion' (Frazer, J 1890). This phrase is misleading because it suggests that some societies are less complex, rational or primitive than other ?advanced' societies, enhancing the common misconception that religion is a more rational way of dealing with problems than magic is...
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