Do Commands Imply Demand for Abdication of Reasoned Choice?

Every established system of spirituality embeds commands, commands that relate to actualization of spiritual life. In presence of commands, a system of spirituality doubles as a religion, that is, as ‘a way of life’. Given people who share a common way of life, but who do not seek to associate together are at very best dysfunctional, call it spirituality, or call it religion, spirituality calls for attendance at some sort of ‘religious’ services. We have then that a religion is not defined by religious services; that is, arrive at the awareness that attendance at religious services merely is part of the way of life of a religion.

Attendance at religious services is part of the way of life of a religion, not the religion itself. Religion by definition is a way of life.

A religion whose ‘way of life’ consists in entirety of attendance at religious services is a sham religion.

An important criticism of reasonableness of religion, or efficacy of religion for ennoblement of society is inherent demand for adherence to commands. In Christianity, the spiritual system, way of life or religion with which I am most cognizant, there is…