That’s normal: a free society has laws, even anarchism has rules. Freedom is not anomie.
The problem is that many religions, instead of proposing rules in order to better one’s spiritual life, or instead of thinking of then as a means to an end, make rules an end in themselves. Rules can be freeing, but if they’re their own end, they become confining.
That’s normal: a free society has laws, even anarchism has rules. Freedom is not anomie.
The problem is that many religions, instead of proposing rules in order to better one’s spiritual life, or instead of thinking of then as a means to an end, make rules an end in themselves. Rules can be freeing, but if they’re their own end, they become confining.