BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:3185@devent.cz SUMMARY:Politics and Religion - Discussion DTSTAMP:20260630T121015Z DTSTART:20260701T170000Z DTEND:20260701T200000Z DESCRIPTION:Join us on Wednesday\, on the first of July at https://na-hradb ach.cz/\n[https://na-hradbach.cz/] at 7 pm for a discussion on the relatio nship between\nreligion and politics.\n\n\nLocation: Nahradbách\nDate: Wed nesday\, July 1st\nTime: 7:00 PM\n\n\nAbout us: Asamblea Abierta de Praga is a leftist collective established by\nmigrants and locals in Prague. Wit h our work\, we seek to build broad and plural\nalliances with other simil ar groups and people in the city.\n\n------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nPol itics and religion have enjoyed a mutually beneficial relationship for as\ nlong as human history can recall. Whether it's a theocracy that utilises the\nstate to enforce its will and silence dissenting voices\, or a state co-opting\nreligion and exploiting ideological fervor in its populace to a dvance and\nlegitimise its own ambitions.\n\nThat's not to say that human civilisation hasn't brought about any progress in\nproviding checks and ba lances against divinely ordained power\; most of the world\nno longer oper ates under a feudal system with a monarch appointed directly by\nthe heave ns. But having said that\, matters seem to be taking a turn for the\nworse . Heads of state increasingly justify wars and mass murder through\nscript ure\, as battles between good and evil\, the devout and the sinners. Cultu re\nwars are regularly propagated and inflamed through portraying one side as a\ncorrupting influence on a pure\, virtuous society.\n\nSo why has re ligion persisted for thousands of years? Surely\, societal pressure\nand t he threat of eternal damnation can't alone explain this resilience? Why do \nbillions of people around the world proudly proclaim to be followers of their\nchosen religion? Many find religion offers community\; followers ga ther at places\nof worship\, religious holidays bring friends and family t ogether who otherwise\ndon't get to meet as often as they'd like. At its b est it can unite people with\notherwise vastly different backgrounds\, kno wing that they share a belief in the\nsame dogmatic system\, a belief syst em that dwarfs any material differences\nbetween them. This sense of belon ging to a greater cause is especially profound\ntoday\, with more and more people finding themselves disillusioned with their\ncareers\, social live s\, and an existential lack of meaning.\n\nSo perhaps most importantly\, r eligion fills this void and offers us purpose and\nsolace - comfort in the knowledge that there's more to life than the time we\nspend in this physi cal reality. That there's a greater meaning and reward to be\nearned in th e afterlife for our virtues and our suffering in the material world. URL:https://devent.cz/event/politics-and-religion-discussion LOCATION:Na Hradbách - Na Hradbách\, V Pevnosti\, 128 00 Praha 2-Vyšehrad STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Join us on Wednesday, on the first of July at https://na-hradbach.c z/ at 7 pm for a discussion on the relationship between religion and p olitics.


Location: Nahradbách
Date: Wednesday, July 1 st
Time: 7:00 PM


About us: Asamblea Abierta de Prag a is a leftist collective established by migrants and locals in Prague. Wi th our work, we seek to build broad and plural alliances with other simila r groups and people in the city.

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< p>Politics and religion have enjoyed a mutually beneficial relationship fo r as long as human history can recall. Whether it's a theocracy that utili ses the state to enforce its will and silence dissenting voices, or a stat e co-opting religion and exploiting ideological fervor in its populace to advance and legitimise its own ambitions.

That's not to say that hu man civilisation hasn't brought about any progress in providing checks and balances against divinely ordained power; most of the world no longer ope rates under a feudal system with a monarch appointed directly by the heave ns. But having said that, matters seem to be taking a turn for the worse. Heads of state increasingly justify wars and mass murder through scripture , as battles between good and evil, the devout and the sinners. Culture wa rs are regularly propagated and inflamed through portraying one side as a corrupting influence on a pure, virtuous society.

So why has religi on persisted for thousands of years? Surely, societal pressure and the thr eat of eternal damnation can't alone explain this resilience? Why do billi ons of people around the world proudly proclaim to be followers of their c hosen religion? Many find religion offers community; followers gather at p laces of worship, religious holidays bring friends and family together who otherwise don't get to meet as often as they'd like. At its best it can u nite people with otherwise vastly different backgrounds, knowing that they share a belief in the same dogmatic system, a belief system that dwarfs a ny material differences between them. This sense of belonging to a greater cause is especially profound today, with more and more people finding the mselves disillusioned with their careers, social lives, and an existential lack of meaning.

So perhaps most importantly, religion fills this void and offers us purpose and solace - comfort in the knowledge that ther e's more to life than the time we spend in this physical reality. That the re's a greater meaning and reward to be earned in the afterlife for our vi rtues and our suffering in the material world.

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