We simply lack systems other than religions that provide religions same benefits
I am empathetic to this point, and I was thinking of this recently too. However, I’ve reached a conclusion that the benefit of having values relatively independent of religion (or even similar communities) is to be able to change and develop your values as you experience more things in life. It feels to me that values in religion may be relatively fixed (I could be wrong).
The sad/hard thing is that the process of changing values or beliefs might be a painful experience, while fixed values could bring more stability. But embracing changes in values could be much more rewarding and beneficial in the long run. It does require a person to be very “strong” though, to challenge themselves on some fundamental levels.
requiring members to buy in to some ethical, ontological, and metaphysical claims is load bearing
This is sad, and I wonder what we can do to make it better.
I mean it is not too too wrong if the model is using RAG?