It's always mindboggling to read that 70% of US citizens consider themselves religious (or that religion plays a major part in their life) as someone from a secular country, in my whole life I've maybe met a handful of people here that were actually religious.
Oh hey. The comments are relatively tame. I think that's the sign of a well made video and healthy community. Good job, CC. To contribute to discussion, wherever you fall on the religious spectrum, remember that your greatest love informs your life direction as a whole.
I feel you missed a big opportunity in this video, especially near the end in the section called "How religious practice in the US differs across race and class lines," where you could have mentioned Auguste Comte's understanding of religion as being a thing in which people orient their life in which he attempted to create the secular _Religion of Humanity._ It may be the case that you may have a video on the sociological aspect of what practicing religion does for people with the secularization of young people. Similarly, the author bell hooks has written that an aspect of Feminism is for people to have a healthy spiritual life, so there seems to be an aspect of practice there as well beyond the simple (badly formulated) question of God or no God.
This is the only video we're doing on this topic, and certainly there is far more to the sociology of religion than we could cover in ten minutes, but these are solid recommendations for further reading. (Obviously less for you, the commenter, than for anyone else who might happen upon this comment!)
The effects of religion on society could make for an entire Crash Course series of its own. Of course, its comments would make the comments for Crash Course Sociology look like a mom texting her kids...
I think religion is anything with followers claiming authority over inter subjective morality, as other characteristics mentioned are probably not universal: there are religions without deities or the sacred. This is just my personal opinion.
I love your sociology videos, since you take on topics from different perspectives and theories, hence producing a more logical argument, instead of following the trend or finding faults in everything. Great educational videos.
Hey Nicole I just want to let you know these videos helped me study for my CLEP exam. This video was especially helpful, there were several questions related to religion on my test the answers to which you give in this video. Very lucky for me that you dropped it two days before my test.
I LOVE YOU AND YOUR VIDEOS! I am a sociology major in my senior year and you always help me with my assignments. Thanks crashcourse, she needs a raise! 👏🏾👏🏾
Lohmra gondein You don't know that difference between religion and mythology? If you watched that you'd have known. I think it was explained in the first episode.
Yep, I know that. And I'm assuming that if they chose Mythology instead of Religion, it's because by doing so they can keep a distance and prevent people to be offended. But by studying myths, they're also giving people data to gain perspective on their own beliefs without questionning them directly, but somehow implicitely questioning faith and religious insitutions without getting their hands "dirty". For example, the similarities between the the multiple creations of the world or the lives of some important religious figures may allow someone not to take what religions tell litterally. They're smart people at Crash Course, they know what they're doing :)
Lohmra gondein Hhmm I don't know about that. Talking from a personal perspective, I wouldn't mind someone on youtube discussing my religion/beliefs as long as they get their information straight. But I can see how others might be offended though..... After all, people are becoming more of snow-flakes these days.
Small correction - the Star of David is not considered sacred in Judaism. It's a symbol of the Jewish people, much in the same way that the rainbow flag became a symbol for LGBT people. But unlike the cross, it has no real religious meaning.
I don't know if you're going to continue or expand on this topic but it would be interesting if you explored a little on 'civil religion' - displays of nationalism and patriotism acting in place of displays of traditional piety. I know of it in theory but a CrashCourse to touch on the finer points and implications would be great.
just...thank yall for making this info accessible and doing your best to share sociology, sorry for all the commenters who apparently believe that opinions formed on personal experience and prejudice outweigh decades of empirical research
Im practicing my english with your videos.. Uh i think you speak fast but i believe i can understand without subtitles if i watch your vids everyday I want to make my mind get used to this english vilocity What do you think about it? Im from Brazil
Correction: Eve didn't sin because she 'tempted' Adam. Eve sinned because she ate of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil which was the one thing that God told them not to do. Both acted on their own will. Both are equally colupable. You need a different example.
You misquoted the Old Testament about Adam and Eve. Eve was created to 'help' Adam because he was alone (Genesis, Chapter 2 Verse 18), not to 'serve' him. Also, if Eve was created from Adam's body, then she too was in the image of God. Chapter 5 Verses 1-2 implies this by saying that Adam and Eve were one unit called 'Man'
Have to tell you that the picture presented at 4:30 when talking about Chinese emperor is more likely from the Indian culture and have no connection with Chinese emperor.
I'm a Christian and theologian (pre-doc now) and this video was pretty interesting (in some cases a bit biased), nonetheless helpful! Thanks a lot! :) But where is Weber? (Or did I miss it?) God bless (Yes I do believe in the 'invisible guy' please let's not be childish here
If you go to other parts of the world, those same figures you mentioned as all being 'white' tend to start looking like the people native to that region in the earlier art. In Cuzco, there are lots of depictions of Jesus and Mary and others where they look like the native people there. In Japan, Jesus tends to look more Japanese. The only reason Jesus, God and the rest look 'white european' in those European museums is because that's what the people painting them looked like.
And that's exactly what she meant - religious art tends to reinforce the existing power structure. In Europe, God tends to be a white guy because those were the ones holding power, and others were outsiders.
I'm a little disappointed that you didn't go into the differences between organized Abrahamic religions and other, less-organized faiths operate. But I guess 11 minutes only lets you cover so many topics...
Not really. I see where you're coming from, but the effects of, say, Catholicism are _vastly_ different than Buddhism. Catholicism was an institution with power, with the ability to force its own view of itself on the world and directly compete with other dominant institutions. Less-organized religions like Hinduism and Buddhism are more subject to individual or local interpretation, preventing them from having as much direct influence.
Emily MyLove well, that depends, certain "sects" use empiric rituals, wich mean they cant be manipulated as easy as others, so it changes how we experience the spirituality that religion can bring to some people
Emily, you should care. Whether you're a Dawkin's drooling fan boy or a smart atheist, religion affects every society you could attempt to assimilate into. There's no escaping that fact and the next generation will only have slightly better luck at it than you. I hope they go into the broader differences in later episodes. Over all though, I do think this was a fine introduction to the viewscope of sociologists trying to understand and compartmentalize the affect of religion on societies. There is plenty more to talk about.
pretty good video but placing vajrayana buddhist iconography alongside "Chinese emperors were believed to have a mandate from heaven..." looks really bad. This sort of channel should not be making these kinds of mistakes. Further, the distinction between Churches as Durkheim understood them is contrasted here with "sects" in a way that is new to me and doesn't make much sense, especially because the sects that you list are perhaps better understood as denominations within a Church (Christianity).
I've brought this up before of this channel but, I will do it again mostly good info here! But when you get it wrong you get it really wrong. I want to thank you for the content.
One thing you could have talked about is the idea of "civil religion", that is that certain public rituals (like watching the Super Bowl, which unites many Americans) or symbols (like the flag) can take on a certain type of religious connotation.That isn't to say that they are a part of a religion in the traditional sense, but that these symbols and events can share similarities with them. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_religion
Very impressed that Jehovah’s Witnesses were even mentioned in this. I love that she’s speaking from a completely objective standpoint with all of these faiths because it’s so easier to be biased when it comes to this
Yeah, I have to point out, Jane Black, the target audience for all Crash Course videos tends to be Americans. That considered, they talked in the video how the vast majority of Americans identify as some kind of Christian. Hence, you know, just knowing your audience and how to ease them into difficult topics of conversation.
Bet you majority of the people who will disagree with this video are religious one way or another. All religious individuals who disagree with this video will think their religion is the correct religion. While they will display massive cognitive dissonance. Great video! Love Sociology!
This video was surprisingly non-biased . By the way only very few faiths claim divinity , about 5 out of several thousand , so your second assumption would be inaccurate.
Faith is the pinnacle of arrogance, rooted in the cowardice of denying one's ignorance when confronted by mystery. Faith is the deadliness of all vices, a kind of brain death elevated to the status of virtue; and worse even than war, because with faith there can be no reasoning, no negotiating, no compromise, no peace. *"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the universe."* _~Albert Einstein_
Hey, incorrect detail here (and I don't mean to be pedantic), but not all Methodists and Baptists are Evangelical, and some Lutherans and Presbyterians are Evangelicals. Evangelicalism is an interdenominational movement, not a category of denominations at large.
i had a tough time keeping my attention on all the religious statistics. perhaps some graphics would help keep attention when putting out so many numbers at once.
The reason why some religious laws look secular is because they originally were. Take "Thou shall not kill" as an example. That was ripped STRAIGHT from the Hammurabi Code, a secular set of laws and rules created by the Mesopotamian king Hammurabi. Jewish law especially was highly influenced by the Near East and Middle East because of the Babylonian Exile, as Babylon was a part of what we call Mesopotamia, and would therefore ascribe to the Hammurabi Code. Hell, most if not all of the Torah was written down during the Babylonian Exile, though a lot of it had been oral tradition up till that time. When Cyrus the Great freed the Hebrews and they went back to Palestine, those laws just became part of their culture, hence things like the Ten Commandments and pretty much everything law-related found in the Pentateuch.
SoulFire39 I think your argument has a small flaw. Hammurabi Code was, to my understanding, suppose to have been passed down from the gods. In ancient times there was not a lot of distinction between secular and religious authority. The old testament has laws that could be seen as only serving secular purposes, and yet were recorded in religious text because there was not really a distinction.
Very true, now that I think about it. There was no such thing as church/state separation because the church WAS the state. Most nations were theocratic, or at least to a certain extent, at the time.
to be fair, the majority of the ten commandments are just common sens for any social structure, you can't really have a society if people are aloud to murder each other
Yes I did......also yes I did move on, except now to reply before going to bed.....only comment I made on this or any other video....But you are welcome to try again.
It's actually fun.... reading the hate comments.....where one tries to prove that there version of god is the best...and other stating that it doesn't even exist at all.....I mean common every one loves to fight...I do it some times for fun....
Thank you for a wonderfully informative video! What's your take on the "Mormon" Church and Church of Scientology? Are they indeed Churches or Sects? Are they even worth mentioning seeing as they are, in lack of other words, newer than well established Churches such as Christianity and Islam?
I would say religion is a social construct based upon societal norms, to further drive home the need to behave a certain way to get a society to be cohesive and not disruptive. Common sense lead to the birth of religion as a tool to instill these values in people.
This comment section seems more civil than some of their other videos. Also I like that they don't disable the comments. It allows freedom of speech. And even though there may be some hateful comments, I have actually been able to have really good conversations under some of their more controversial videos in the past.
These comments are triggering me, I need a safe space where my ideas can't be challenged. It's insane how progressive libs set themselves up for failure by cutting off all criticism that could lead to better arguments, but I can yell at insane right-wingers for hours and they just laugh at the notion that my insults can affect their emotional state in any significant way.
Sticky obviously you're not aware that some people have set their minds on chaos. They'll write a comment that angers everyone and there's nothing anybody can do about it. Welcome to the internet
Meaning, if you actually read the bible instead of just listening to selective pieces that you're told about it, aka through sermons or devotionals, you will no longer wish to be a part of the religion. The god of the bible is genocidal and masochistic, and many of the stories are ludicrous. Most christians never look close enough to realize the evil they worship.
+gaming_on_pine That if you read the bible trough the lens of an atheist you can call all of that bogus, but, men reading that must be a lot of work, not worth my effort at least
Simply put, your language is problematic because, and you can put multiple philosophical ideas behind this, use simply state properly, but then we must ask what is proper?
Any recommendations on religious topics that have good video quality and hosts? I am partial to those that aren't just someone talking on screen only, which is what I see a lot do. It can be liberal or conservative views. I do like how crash courses video style mixes up the visuals.
If you’re just here to comment and spread hate in these comments or call everyone who abscribes to a certain pov as evil or dumb, you’re part of the problem and missing the point of this video which is education and why people have faith.
Troll Hunter You're only proving Lion's point here by exemplifying what they're saying. POV isn't about true or false (that's fascist) it's about having perspective around the two.
Troll Hunter I don't believe in false dichotomies like most physicalists do. Emotions are their own form of truth in that they are intrinsically tied to value judgements. Your strictly closed-minded definition of truth is undoubtedly what is physically external to people's perceptions. Yet that doesn't instruct us on what to do with what we find.
"...To serve and obey Adam?" Your show is great and seems to be mostly non-bias however, this is an ignorant statement. Might I suggest that your show research this further to get an accurate definition of the creation of man and the original marriage relationship.
Rachel Kimball you are correct my lady. It just said Adam needed a helper to harvest the land. I guess Chapter 2 verse 18 The LORD God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.” is up to each interpretation.
Well, since Christianity is discussed a lot in this video, it's necessary for someone who knows a lot about it to point out what has been wrongly taught by this video about Christianity.. I may not know much about sociology, but I do know THAT MUCH about Christianity: -Not all denominations in Protestant Christianity believe that the Ten Commandments are still to be held by the Church nowadays. In short, only some of them do. Catholicism has their own Ten Commandments that are different from the Ten Commandments that both Jewish religion and Protestant Christianity believe in. I don't know what Orthodox Christianity does teach about this stuff. Btw, you're gonna know what the word 'denomination' in Protestant Christianity actually means later on if you KEEP ON reading my text. -Calvinism / predestination: a teaching in Christianity that teaches that The Lord and Savior Jesus Christ had died on the cross only for saving the 'elects' a.k.a people whom the Father in heaven has chosen to save from their eternal punishment in the lake of fire after the Final Judgment has taken place. All the 'non-elects' will be thrown into the lake of fire for the rest of eternity. -In Christianity, both men and women are created in God's image (Genesis 1:26-27). However, women are created as helpers for their husband indeed (Genesis 2:18). -Both Adam and Eve caused the original sin, even though it's true that it was Eve who caused Adam to eat the forbidden fruit as well (Genesis 3:6; 1 Timothy 2:14). In Christianity, it's taught that because of Adam, everyone has sinned (Romans 5:12). -Are women not allowed in speak in local churches? The apostles made it that way since it was how the culture went at that time and they didn't want societies at that time to view Christianity negatively: 1 Corinthians 14:34-35 {NKJV} [Let your women keep silent in the churches, for they are not permitted to speak; but they are to be submissive, as the law also says. And if they want to learn something, let them ask their own husbands at home; for it is shameful for women to speak in church.] -Cain was marked with a darker skin...?? C'mon, do I really need to tell you guys what is meant by God marking Cain?? Genesis 4:13-15 {NKJV} [And Cain said to the Lord, “My punishment is greater than I can bear! Surely You have driven me out this day from the face of the ground; I shall be hidden from Your face; I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond on the earth, and it will happen that anyone who finds me will kill me.” And the Lord said to him, “Therefore, whoever kills Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold.” And the Lord set a mark on Cain, lest anyone finding him should kill him.] -In Protestant Christianity, there are a lot of movements and denominations. The term 'movements' here refer to Christianity movements and these movements differ by what their teachings concentrate on. Examples of this include the Evangelical movement which concentrates their teachings on evangelism and the Charismatic movement which concentrates their teachings on spiritual gifts. Lutheran, Evangelical, Charismatic, Methodist, and Baptist are some of the Christianity movements that exist worldwide. The term 'denominations' here are indeed what the video has taught about, except the fact that they're not the same as the Christianity movements. Most denominations belong to a Christianity movement, but every denomination has their own teachings and interpretations of the Protestant Christian Bible. Examples of denominations include Seventh-Day Adventist and Indonesian Church of Christ. All local churches in Protestant Christianity belong to a denomination. -Pentecostals aren't sects, but are instead what a number of denominations in Protestant Christianity would refer themselves to. ...it's indeed true that the people of God will be destroyed IF they lack knowledge (Hosea 4:6).. to tremble before The Lord is actually the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction (Proverbs 1:7). The Protestant Christian Bible, or just the Bible in short, is actually the Word of God that's been useful for guiding His people in righteousness 🙏🙏 (2 Timothy 3:16).. People who are believing unto God have His Word guiding their everyday life... With having knowledge of the Word of God, living a blameless life in front of The Lord is not an impossible thing to do...! Know that the only God and Savior Jesus Christ loves you and wants you to come to the knowledge of the truth and to be saved in His name (1 Timothy 2:4)! There's indeed no salvation aside from in His name (Acts 4:12).. just accept Him as your Lord and Savior and you'll be saved (John 3:16; Romans 10:9). The grace of The Lord and Savior Jesus Christ be with all of you every day...! 1 Timothy 2:3-4 {NKJV} [For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.]
Hi, I really like the way of this analysis and I did learn a lot from this series. I agree with most of the content expect for the inequality of man and woman in the bible. In modern theology and teaching in church, it is said that women makes man(or the creation of mankind) complete in the same way as man (or the creation of mankind) makes God's creation complete. Please refer to Genesis and "Systematic theology" by John Frame. Thank you.
As a Catholic, I loved how this video dealt with such a potentially contentious issue in an extremely fair and even minded way. Thanks again for the makers of this series and channel!
You know considering there is a huge number of people not living in US, you could have used world wide references rather than just American references. It was a great start to the video which ended on a bit confusing note.
i missed how they used to put a slide of the key contributors to the theory while presenting the theory e.g. a slide of Karl Marx face while the presenter talks about their theories and observations.
Without getting into conspiracy theory I think this episode should have also talked about secret cults and the elites. There is enough evidence that it could have been a sub-topic.
I love your videos, though every now and then I disagree with something said. However, those are always minor things, and I don't fault you for them. What you said about Eve in this video though... It's wrong. Eve wasn't made to serve and obey Adam--otherwise she would have been made from his foot. Instead, she is made from his rib--his side--because she is equal to him, and they are meant to serve and love one another.
You said "Unitarians" was that a calque for Unitarian Universalist? I ask as Unitarianiam, Universalism, and UUism are three different things, thougn UU is descended of Unitarians and Universalists
i imagine this was difficult to write without causing offence to everyone, religious or not - impressively done.
213 BUTT-HURT CREATIONISTS!
It's always mindboggling to read that 70% of US citizens consider themselves religious (or that religion plays a major part in their life) as someone from a secular country, in my whole life I've maybe met a handful of people here that were actually religious.
As an Agnostic I love learning about different religions. Thanks for this informative video from an open-minded perspective! :)
Agnostics are those who haven’t finished their homework.
Oh hey. The comments are relatively tame. I think that's the sign of a well made video and healthy community. Good job, CC.
To contribute to discussion, wherever you fall on the religious spectrum, remember that your greatest love informs your life direction as a whole.
When you think about it, Churches are actually just really extensive book clubs 😂
And tax shelters.
They are the original, social networks. ☺
A book club that only ever studies one book. Zzzzz 😪
AbbeyRoadkill1 no. The Bible is not _one_ book per se. It's a collection of, on average, 66 books.
@@Saint_nobody Who said anything about the Bible?
I feel you missed a big opportunity in this video, especially near the end in the section called "How religious practice in the US differs across race and class lines," where you could have mentioned Auguste Comte's understanding of religion as being a thing in which people orient their life in which he attempted to create the secular _Religion of Humanity._ It may be the case that you may have a video on the sociological aspect of what practicing religion does for people with the secularization of young people. Similarly, the author bell hooks has written that an aspect of Feminism is for people to have a healthy spiritual life, so there seems to be an aspect of practice there as well beyond the simple (badly formulated) question of God or no God.
This is the only video we're doing on this topic, and certainly there is far more to the sociology of religion than we could cover in ten minutes, but these are solid recommendations for further reading. (Obviously less for you, the commenter, than for anyone else who might happen upon this comment!)
The effects of religion on society could make for an entire Crash Course series of its own. Of course, its comments would make the comments for Crash Course Sociology look like a mom texting her kids...
I really wish you would all consider doing more episodes on the impact religion has on society. Both good and bad and all in between.
A mom texting her kids: Well That's Fine
I think religion is anything with followers claiming authority over inter subjective morality, as other characteristics mentioned are probably not universal: there are religions without deities or the sacred. This is just my personal opinion.
I love your sociology videos, since you take on topics from different perspectives and theories, hence producing a more logical argument, instead of following the trend or finding faults in everything. Great educational videos.
Hey Nicole I just want to let you know these videos helped me study for my CLEP exam. This video was especially helpful, there were several questions related to religion on my test the answers to which you give in this video. Very lucky for me that you dropped it two days before my test.
Literally have an exam tomorrow for this, thanks!
CoolDudeHD good luck
Did you pass?
anyone else watching this for a class ???
great stuff! difficult to do a brief overview of such a complex topic, and you nailed it! thank you for these great videos.
I LOVE YOU AND YOUR VIDEOS! I am a sociology major in my senior year and you always help me with my assignments. Thanks crashcourse, she needs a raise! 👏🏾👏🏾
Everyone's excited for the non-existent war in the comments😂😂😂
Julia Prohaska yes we're waiting for it to beggin while eating pop corns xp
We're too good here
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This is such a great video! Thank you for making it so much easier to teach soc of religion!
Can we get a Crash Course Religion please...?!
There's already a Crash Course Mythology.
Lohmra gondein You don't know that difference between religion and mythology?
If you watched that you'd have known. I think it was explained in the first episode.
Yep, I know that. And I'm assuming that if they chose Mythology instead of Religion, it's because by doing so they can keep a distance and prevent people to be offended.
But by studying myths, they're also giving people data to gain perspective on their own beliefs without questionning them directly, but somehow implicitely questioning faith and religious insitutions without getting their hands "dirty". For example, the similarities between the the multiple creations of the world or the lives of some important religious figures may allow someone not to take what religions tell litterally.
They're smart people at Crash Course, they know what they're doing :)
Lohmra gondein Hhmm I don't know about that. Talking from a personal perspective, I wouldn't mind someone on youtube discussing my religion/beliefs as long as they get their information straight.
But I can see how others might be offended though.....
After all, people are becoming more of snow-flakes these days.
Absolutely :)
Small correction - the Star of David is not considered sacred in Judaism. It's a symbol of the Jewish people, much in the same way that the rainbow flag became a symbol for LGBT people. But unlike the cross, it has no real religious meaning.
i love you for the work you do. My sociology professor is a quack and if not for you, I would be screwed.
Loved your videos, densely packed with relevant information.
For those who are heated, she is just sharing some ideas of the anthropologist.
A level sociology on this next week :(((
Mine is in october a level sociology 😭😭
@@sarahViofriend171 Mine just got postponed.
I don't know if you're going to continue or expand on this topic but it would be interesting if you explored a little on 'civil religion' - displays of nationalism and patriotism acting in place of displays of traditional piety. I know of it in theory but a CrashCourse to touch on the finer points and implications would be great.
I was waiting for this topic to crop up. I'm so happy! I love studying religion.
Brilliant video, cheers!
just...thank yall for making this info accessible and doing your best to share sociology, sorry for all the commenters who apparently believe that opinions formed on personal experience and prejudice outweigh decades of empirical research
Parents think you're disrespectful when you don't let them disrespect you.
Well power does not equal disrespect maybe.
Onlyeveryone ....power and respect are part of a same circle...they may not be same...but they depend on each other
Respect goes hand in hand with honor. Yet the two are not the same.
Im practicing my english with your videos..
Uh i think you speak fast but i believe i can understand without subtitles if i watch your vids everyday
I want to make my mind get used to this english vilocity
What do you think about it? Im from Brazil
Hey! I'm also a Brazillian and youtube videos helped me greatly improve my listening comprehension. Good luck with your learning of the language.
Simply thank you, Crash Course!!!
Correction: Eve didn't sin because she 'tempted' Adam. Eve sinned because she ate of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil which was the one thing that God told them not to do. Both acted on their own will. Both are equally colupable. You need a different example.
You misquoted the Old Testament about Adam and Eve. Eve was created to 'help' Adam because he was alone (Genesis, Chapter 2 Verse 18), not to 'serve' him. Also, if Eve was created from Adam's body, then she too was in the image of God. Chapter 5 Verses 1-2 implies this by saying that Adam and Eve were one unit called 'Man'
thanks, your videos are gonna get me through exams🙄
your lesson is perfectly concise compared to other recturer in this Ch.
thx for this great course.
Have to tell you that the picture presented at 4:30 when talking about Chinese emperor is more likely from the Indian culture and have no connection with Chinese emperor.
I'm a Christian and theologian (pre-doc now) and this video was pretty interesting (in some cases a bit biased), nonetheless helpful! Thanks a lot! :) But where is Weber? (Or did I miss it?)
God bless (Yes I do believe in the 'invisible guy' please let's not be childish here
If you go to other parts of the world, those same figures you mentioned as all being 'white' tend to start looking like the people native to that region in the earlier art. In Cuzco, there are lots of depictions of Jesus and Mary and others where they look like the native people there. In Japan, Jesus tends to look more Japanese.
The only reason Jesus, God and the rest look 'white european' in those European museums is because that's what the people painting them looked like.
And that's exactly what she meant - religious art tends to reinforce the existing power structure. In Europe, God tends to be a white guy because those were the ones holding power, and others were outsiders.
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It's not about power but rather an habitude.
Have you ever seen Ethiopian Christian art?
Why oh why is the Marxist lense used to look at religion... It didn't even get economics right...
I'm a little disappointed that you didn't go into the differences between organized Abrahamic religions and other, less-organized faiths operate. But I guess 11 minutes only lets you cover so many topics...
they all sucks the same
Not really. I see where you're coming from, but the effects of, say, Catholicism are _vastly_ different than Buddhism. Catholicism was an institution with power, with the ability to force its own view of itself on the world and directly compete with other dominant institutions. Less-organized religions like Hinduism and Buddhism are more subject to individual or local interpretation, preventing them from having as much direct influence.
well! I don't care.... Its just foolish.... The thing they all agree on is just philosophy like do good, be good, think good ... blah blah...
Emily MyLove well, that depends, certain "sects" use empiric rituals, wich mean they cant be manipulated as easy as others, so it changes how we experience the spirituality that religion can bring to some people
Emily, you should care. Whether you're a Dawkin's drooling fan boy or a smart atheist, religion affects every society you could attempt to assimilate into. There's no escaping that fact and the next generation will only have slightly better luck at it than you. I hope they go into the broader differences in later episodes. Over all though, I do think this was a fine introduction to the viewscope of sociologists trying to understand and compartmentalize the affect of religion on societies. There is plenty more to talk about.
I am so close in figuring out the # of angels that can dance in a pin tho.
Alexander+ I figured it out and the answer is none sorry to say but then again were much better off with that answer.
I've got one angel on 4 tacks.
Art for sale, hit me up on Hangouts.
It’s Pi.
the answer is Zero because fictional characters don't dance in real life...
it would be really helpful if you consider entire world instead of just keeping US at center stage. videos content and graphics are amazing.
If you focus on the skin colour of abel and kain, you are both seeing things that aren't there in the text, and missing the point of the story
If you ignore it, than you are ignoring facts. You are a weak snowflake, she wasn't targetting anyone, just speaking truth.
Nice video I learned something new
Great! Did you learn anything correct?
pretty good video but placing vajrayana buddhist iconography alongside "Chinese emperors were believed to have a mandate from heaven..." looks really bad. This sort of channel should not be making these kinds of mistakes. Further, the distinction between Churches as Durkheim understood them is contrasted here with "sects" in a way that is new to me and doesn't make much sense, especially because the sects that you list are perhaps better understood as denominations within a Church (Christianity).
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I've brought this up before of this channel but, I will do it again mostly good info here! But when you get it wrong you get it really wrong. I want to thank you for the content.
One thing you could have talked about is the idea of "civil religion", that is that certain public rituals (like watching the Super Bowl, which unites many Americans) or symbols (like the flag) can take on a certain type of religious connotation.That isn't to say that they are a part of a religion in the traditional sense, but that these symbols and events can share similarities with them.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_religion
This was a very amazing and Insightful video. Thanks so much!
Very impressed that Jehovah’s Witnesses were even mentioned in this. I love that she’s speaking from a completely objective standpoint with all of these faiths because it’s so easier to be biased when it comes to this
Cheeky.
Yeah, I have to point out, Jane Black, the target audience for all Crash Course videos tends to be Americans. That considered, they talked in the video how the vast majority of Americans identify as some kind of Christian. Hence, you know, just knowing your audience and how to ease them into difficult topics of conversation.
What religion isn’t a cult in the end
Bet you majority of the people who will disagree with this video are religious one way or another. All religious individuals who disagree with this video will think their religion is the correct religion. While they will display massive cognitive dissonance.
Great video! Love Sociology!
Humans can do good with secular programs without the need of religion now.
There is nothing to disagree on.... She's saying some facts, not opinions. You don't agree/disagree with facts. Facts are not for you to approve of.
This video was surprisingly non-biased . By the way only very few faiths claim divinity , about 5 out of several thousand , so your second assumption would be inaccurate.
Faith is the pinnacle of arrogance, rooted in the cowardice of denying one's ignorance when confronted by mystery. Faith is the deadliness of all vices, a kind of brain death elevated to the status of virtue; and worse even than war, because with faith there can be no reasoning, no negotiating, no compromise, no peace.
*"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the universe."* _~Albert Einstein_
These videos always match up perfectly with my notes. I love Crash Course
i dont know, personally the concept of becoming a celestial slave does not motivate me to want to go to heaven
Lol then you have no idea what heaven is or what it has.
Honestly neither do I, which makes it exciting xD
abdulaziz rushdi i dont like worshipping and i cannot imagine doing it forever
juan manuel mc You probably didn't even try it :/
abdulaziz rushdi i was in a seminary
Hey, incorrect detail here (and I don't mean to be pedantic), but not all Methodists and Baptists are Evangelical, and some Lutherans and Presbyterians are Evangelicals. Evangelicalism is an interdenominational movement, not a category of denominations at large.
Thanks for the beautiful explanation,!!
i had a tough time keeping my attention on all the religious statistics. perhaps some graphics would help keep attention when putting out so many numbers at once.
The reason why some religious laws look secular is because they originally were. Take "Thou shall not kill" as an example. That was ripped STRAIGHT from the Hammurabi Code, a secular set of laws and rules created by the Mesopotamian king Hammurabi. Jewish law especially was highly influenced by the Near East and Middle East because of the Babylonian Exile, as Babylon was a part of what we call Mesopotamia, and would therefore ascribe to the Hammurabi Code. Hell, most if not all of the Torah was written down during the Babylonian Exile, though a lot of it had been oral tradition up till that time. When Cyrus the Great freed the Hebrews and they went back to Palestine, those laws just became part of their culture, hence things like the Ten Commandments and pretty much everything law-related found in the Pentateuch.
SoulFire39 I think your argument has a small flaw. Hammurabi Code was, to my understanding, suppose to have been passed down from the gods. In ancient times there was not a lot of distinction between secular and religious authority. The old testament has laws that could be seen as only serving secular purposes, and yet were recorded in religious text because there was not really a distinction.
Very true, now that I think about it. There was no such thing as church/state separation because the church WAS the state. Most nations were theocratic, or at least to a certain extent, at the time.
to be fair, the majority of the ten commandments are just common sens for any social structure, you can't really have a society if people are aloud to murder each other
Irrelevant and irreverent.
you're again saving my essays amen
Actually, the Bible says that Eve was created to help Adam, not to serve and obey.
Apledore doesn't matter either way because none of it's true
Not talking about Karl Marx in a sociology course is like not talking about evolution in a biology course.
Marx’s ideas ultimately failed. Evolution actually works
They have not failed. Structural functionalist, conflict theory, and symbolic interactionist are sociological paradigms.
Watched with a open mind.....Now I'm just here refreshing the comments eating popcorn waiting for the inevitable fights in the comments.
Nathan Platt
Me too😉👐
Maybe some see the title of the video, watch it and ignore the comments, because they are constantly being put down by those who aren't religious.
Yes I did......also yes I did move on, except now to reply before going to bed.....only comment I made on this or any other video....But you are welcome to try again.
Nathan Platt do you prefer more butter or salt?
Darth I prefer more salt on the popcorn.....Just enough butter that it is not bland.
Religion = Clickbait/Comment Wars
I hope this will be a peaceful comment section this time :)
They've actually been rather tame in comparison to the debates I've otherwise been involved with.
It's actually fun.... reading the hate comments.....where one tries to prove that there version of god is the best...and other stating that it doesn't even exist at all.....I mean common every one loves to fight...I do it some times for fun....
Thank you for a wonderfully informative video! What's your take on the "Mormon" Church and Church of Scientology? Are they indeed Churches or Sects? Are they even worth mentioning seeing as they are, in lack of other words, newer than well established Churches such as Christianity and Islam?
Bogdan Tabacaru I don't know about Scientology. But, as a Mormon, I can easily tell you, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is Christian.
The IRS says they are religions
I would say religion is a social construct based upon societal norms, to further drive home the need to behave a certain way to get a society to be cohesive and not disruptive. Common sense lead to the birth of religion as a tool to instill these values in people.
Nowhere in the Bible suggests or implies that what God marked Cain by was his skin color
Good watch. Thanks.
A very well done distillation of religion. But of course, we have to have the effervescence of the commentary section to go with it.
Again great timing
It could be an idea to include more pictures and graphs when you drop these many figures, especially about where how many has what religion.
What were you thinking CrashCourse, you should've disabled the comment section.
mustapha supas
Lol
This comment section seems more civil than some of their other videos. Also I like that they don't disable the comments. It allows freedom of speech. And even though there may be some hateful comments, I have actually been able to have really good conversations under some of their more controversial videos in the past.
Laura Ingouf civil ahhh....
These comments are triggering me, I need a safe space where my ideas can't be challenged.
It's insane how progressive libs set themselves up for failure by cutting off all criticism that could lead to better arguments, but I can yell at insane right-wingers for hours and they just laugh at the notion that my insults can affect their emotional state in any significant way.
Sticky obviously you're not aware that some people have set their minds on chaos. They'll write a comment that angers everyone and there's nothing anybody can do about it. Welcome to the internet
Very helpful, Thanks
Properly read, the Bible is the most potent force for atheism ever conceived.
Decode Channel what u mean.
Meaning, if you actually read the bible instead of just listening to selective pieces that you're told about it, aka through sermons or devotionals, you will no longer wish to be a part of the religion. The god of the bible is genocidal and masochistic, and many of the stories are ludicrous. Most christians never look close enough to realize the evil they worship.
+gaming_on_pine That if you read the bible trough the lens of an atheist you can call all of that bogus, but, men reading that must be a lot of work, not worth my effort at least
For those who can't read in figurative language and do not understand allegory.
Simply put, your language is problematic because, and you can put multiple philosophical ideas behind this, use simply state properly, but then we must ask what is proper?
Great job!
Awesome video
It's very useful and easy thank you crash course
Any recommendations on religious topics that have good video quality and hosts? I am partial to those that aren't just someone talking on screen only, which is what I see a lot do. It can be liberal or conservative views. I do like how crash courses video style mixes up the visuals.
If you’re just here to comment and spread hate in these comments or call everyone who abscribes to a certain pov as evil or dumb, you’re part of the problem and missing the point of this video which is education and why people have faith.
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The Flying Lion Is "faith" an accurate method of determining what is true Or not?
Troll Hunter You're only proving Lion's point here by exemplifying what they're saying. POV isn't about true or false (that's fascist) it's about having perspective around the two.
Navesblue That depends on if you value emotion more than truth.
Troll Hunter I don't believe in false dichotomies like most physicalists do. Emotions are their own form of truth in that they are intrinsically tied to value judgements. Your strictly closed-minded definition of truth is undoubtedly what is physically external to people's perceptions. Yet that doesn't instruct us on what to do with what we find.
Could you do another video on totemic religion as the begining of religion as described by Durkheim. It would be really helpful.
solo-learning, approved!
"...To serve and obey Adam?" Your show is great and seems to be mostly non-bias however, this is an ignorant statement. Might I suggest that your show research this further to get an accurate definition of the creation of man and the original marriage relationship.
Rachel Kimball you are correct my lady. It just said Adam needed a helper to harvest the land. I guess Chapter 2 verse 18 The LORD God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.” is up to each interpretation.
Well, since Christianity is discussed a lot in this video, it's necessary for someone who knows a lot about it to point out what has been wrongly taught by this video about Christianity.. I may not know much about sociology, but I do know THAT MUCH about Christianity:
-Not all denominations in Protestant Christianity believe that the Ten Commandments are still to be held by the Church nowadays. In short, only some of them do. Catholicism has their own Ten Commandments that are different from the Ten Commandments that both Jewish religion and Protestant Christianity believe in. I don't know what Orthodox Christianity does teach about this stuff. Btw, you're gonna know what the word 'denomination' in Protestant Christianity actually means later on if you KEEP ON reading my text.
-Calvinism / predestination: a teaching in Christianity that teaches that The Lord and Savior Jesus Christ had died on the cross only for saving the 'elects' a.k.a people whom the Father in heaven has chosen to save from their eternal punishment in the lake of fire after the Final Judgment has taken place. All the 'non-elects' will be thrown into the lake of fire for the rest of eternity.
-In Christianity, both men and women are created in God's image (Genesis 1:26-27). However, women are created as helpers for their husband indeed (Genesis 2:18).
-Both Adam and Eve caused the original sin, even though it's true that it was Eve who caused Adam to eat the forbidden fruit as well (Genesis 3:6; 1 Timothy 2:14). In Christianity, it's taught that because of Adam, everyone has sinned (Romans 5:12).
-Are women not allowed in speak in local churches? The apostles made it that way since it was how the culture went at that time and they didn't want societies at that time to view Christianity negatively:
1 Corinthians 14:34-35 {NKJV}
[Let your women keep silent in the churches, for they are not permitted to speak; but they are to be submissive, as the law also says.
And if they want to learn something, let them ask their own husbands at home; for it is shameful for women to speak in church.]
-Cain was marked with a darker skin...?? C'mon, do I really need to tell you guys what is meant by God marking Cain??
Genesis 4:13-15 {NKJV}
[And Cain said to the Lord, “My punishment is greater than I can bear!
Surely You have driven me out this day from the face of the ground; I shall be hidden from Your face; I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond on the earth, and it will happen that anyone who finds me will kill me.”
And the Lord said to him, “Therefore, whoever kills Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold.” And the Lord set a mark on Cain, lest anyone finding him should kill him.]
-In Protestant Christianity, there are a lot of movements and denominations. The term 'movements' here refer to Christianity movements and these movements differ by what their teachings concentrate on. Examples of this include the Evangelical movement which concentrates their teachings on evangelism and the Charismatic movement which concentrates their teachings on spiritual gifts. Lutheran, Evangelical, Charismatic, Methodist, and Baptist are some of the Christianity movements that exist worldwide. The term 'denominations' here are indeed what the video has taught about, except the fact that they're not the same as the Christianity movements. Most denominations belong to a Christianity movement, but every denomination has their own teachings and interpretations of the Protestant Christian Bible. Examples of denominations include Seventh-Day Adventist and Indonesian Church of Christ. All local churches in Protestant Christianity belong to a denomination.
-Pentecostals aren't sects, but are instead what a number of denominations in Protestant Christianity would refer themselves to.
...it's indeed true that the people of God will be destroyed IF they lack knowledge (Hosea 4:6).. to tremble before The Lord is actually the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction (Proverbs 1:7).
The Protestant Christian Bible, or just the Bible in short, is actually the Word of God that's been useful for guiding His people in righteousness 🙏🙏 (2 Timothy 3:16).. People who are believing unto God have His Word guiding their everyday life... With having knowledge of the Word of God, living a blameless life in front of The Lord is not an impossible thing to do...!
Know that the only God and Savior Jesus Christ loves you and wants you to come to the knowledge of the truth and to be saved in His name (1 Timothy 2:4)! There's indeed no salvation aside from in His name (Acts 4:12).. just accept Him as your Lord and Savior and you'll be saved (John 3:16; Romans 10:9). The grace of The Lord and Savior Jesus Christ be with all of you every day...!
1 Timothy 2:3-4 {NKJV}
[For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior,
who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.]
This is totally unrelated and a little weird, but I think your teeth are super cool!!
how can we measure religiosity ? i'm currently working on a paper. Can someone provide 'scales' to measure them?
Religion: doing what you are told regardless that is right. Morality: doing what is right regardless what you are told.
pizistrat Its not a completely true statement, but it has a relatable truth to it and it is quite funny :)
Hmmmm. What if religion tells you to obey your morality?
BOOOM
I don't know why but I love you
That version of Adam and Eve added a bit to Genesis.
*Immense blessings.*
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Hi,
I really like the way of this analysis and I did learn a lot from this series. I agree with most of the content expect for the inequality of man and woman in the bible. In modern theology and teaching in church, it is said that women makes man(or the creation of mankind) complete in the same way as man (or the creation of mankind) makes God's creation complete.
Please refer to Genesis and "Systematic theology" by John Frame. Thank you.
As a Catholic, I loved how this video dealt with such a potentially contentious issue in an extremely fair and even minded way. Thanks again for the makers of this series and channel!
Could you guys do a video on the history of thorium energy??
You know considering there is a huge number of people not living in US, you could have used world wide references rather than just American references. It was a great start to the video which ended on a bit confusing note.
i missed how they used to put a slide of the key contributors to the theory while presenting the theory e.g. a slide of Karl Marx face while the presenter talks about their theories and observations.
These videos are 👌
Without getting into conspiracy theory I think this episode should have also talked about secret cults and the elites. There is enough evidence that it could have been a sub-topic.
you missed my beliefs. Long live Dudeism
Thank you
Love it😚
wow the comment section is peaceful i love it i love you smart people who dont like wars
i love your golden hair rather then religion topic hahahaha
*Grabs Popcorn and watches the comment apocalypse unfold*
Love her 👏
I love your videos, though every now and then I disagree with something said. However, those are always minor things, and I don't fault you for them. What you said about Eve in this video though... It's wrong. Eve wasn't made to serve and obey Adam--otherwise she would have been made from his foot. Instead, she is made from his rib--his side--because she is equal to him, and they are meant to serve and love one another.
Educational!
You said "Unitarians" was that a calque for Unitarian Universalist? I ask as Unitarianiam, Universalism, and UUism are three different things, thougn UU is descended of Unitarians and Universalists
THANKS
You had better show slide form of all this matter. That would do a lot.