Religious representations are collective representations which express collective realities.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Religious phenomena are naturally arranged in two fundamental categories: beliefs and rites. The first are states of opinion, and consist in representations; the second are determined modes of action.
Organized belief in spirituality - that's what a religion is.
The object of religion is the imagination, that deep and inexhaustible font of our understanding and symbolizing our deepest possibilities.
Religions have a strong binding function and a cohesive element. They emphasize the primacy of the community as opposed to the individual, and they also help set one community apart from another that doesn't share their beliefs.
Religion is often just tribalism: pride in a group one was born into, a group that is often believed to have 'God' on its side.
True character arises from a deeper well than religion.
Most religions live from a narrative that shapes their relationship with the divine other, God or the gods, and with the human other, the stranger.
When theology erodes and organization crumbles, when the institutional framework of religion begins to break up, the search for a direct experience which people can feel to be religious facilitates the rise of cults.
My beliefs encompass all religions. But I never show my religious inclination in my films. My characters have dark sides; they aren't the god-fearing characters. It wasn't a conscious decision. I'm a very lazy and emotional person who connects with the common man.
People are drawn to the spiritual. It has a universal appeal.
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