facts and patterns of behaviour regarding the following religions for the sake of understanding humans and their societal behaviours more correctly — studied comparatively rather than confessionally.
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six traditions account for most of humanity’s religious life: hinduism, buddhism, judaism, christianity, islam and daoism. studied side by side they stop being a list of exotic facts and start being a set of answers to the same handful of questions — what is ultimately real, what is a human life for, how should we act, and what do we do about death. 𐃏