In reference to the reading by Malinowski I shall reflect on a statement that stuck out for me. There was a line that proposed the thought that was brought up on how those of a clan worship the God of the clan which means that the God of the clan can be nothing else but the clan itself. It was a bit confusing at first and I had to read it again but it reminds me of how I view God or any religion for that matter.
A religion, I believe for what the reading was attempting to inquire, is best utilized without a literal sense. Thus this God being the clan itself means that for those who worship the God, the clan will benefit from it. Now to my belief that God or any form of higher power from any religion is an energy or mindset that benefits the good in the world. Lack of this energy or mindset plummets individuals and promotes evils. Both understandings are quite similar. . .
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