similarities between religious and philosophical communities?

Although their ideological foundations are widely different and even opposing, philosophical and religious COMMUNITIES may have more similarities than differences.This may sound strange but I will try to support it in a short blog post as soon as I have some time on my hand to elaborate upon it, maybe Labor Day.

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