Categories of Religion

by Luke Weinhagen

Maybe play off parasitism with other forms of symbiosis –
1. Mutualitic Religion – benefit to practitioners and benefit to non-practitioners
… (Rule of Law)

1. Commensalitic Religion – benefit to practitioners with no cost to non-practitioner
   … (christianity, buddhism, animism)

2. Amensalitic Religion – no benefit to the practitioner and harm to the non-practitioner
   ….(islam)

3. Parasitic Religion – benefit to the practitioner and harm to the non-practitioner
   …. (judaism)