Major world religions have outlasted political ideologies by over a millennium
Evidence
The major religious collectives of the world, Buddhism, Hinduism, Christianity, Judaism, and Islam, among others, have existed and sustained group members for over a thousand years. Political ideologies over this same time frame have shifted and changed dramatically, sometimes within an individual’s lifetime. — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 920
Categorization
- CANDY: Light, tweetable contrast: religions sustain members for over a thousand years while political ideologies shift within a single lifetime.
- APHORISMS: Speaks to the durable anchors humans build meaning on versus the shifting sands of political systems.