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“What Is Not A Religion, But People Treat It With The Same Attention?” (30 Answers)

What do football, iPhone and Harry Potter have in common? At first glance, nothing, but if you think about it - each has a colossal army of loyal fans who devote a lot of time to their favorite thing, know everything or almost everything about even the smallest details, and, most importantly, are ready to die on this hill for their beliefs.

In other words, the same characteristics that religion had for the vast majority of mankind just a couple of hundred years ago. Remember the Crusades, religious wars and other "charms" of the Middle Ages? Yes, now religious fanaticism has significantly decreased, but worship of new idols has definitely taken its place.

This was also noticed by the topic starter of one of the threads in the AskReddit community, who just a few days ago asked the question: "What is not a religion, but people treat it with the same attention?" And so, as of today, the thread already has over 34.8K upvotes and around 27.7K different and sometimes extremely pathetic comments.

Bored Panda made a list for you that includes the most interesting and popular elements of the original thread. Sports and brands, music legends and internet traditions - all that make people worship them so devotedly. So feel free to scroll to the very end (literally everything is interesting there!), mark what you definitely agree with and, of course, don't forget to write your point of view straight in the comments!

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“What Is Not A Religion, But People Treat It With The Same Attention?” (30 Answers) elon musk. he’s annoying, he’s not saving the world so please shut up about what a selfless person he is. he exploits his workers. stop being annoying fanboys. don’t worship billionaires

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“What Is Not A Religion, But People Treat It With The Same Attention?” (30 Answers) The way Americans talk about their constitution is very reminiscent of religion.

They worship it, but they haven't read it in a long time. Maybe never.

They insist that you should respect it, even if you're not a member of the cult.

They tend to assume that a justification for every opinion they have is in there somewhere.

They treat the men who wrote it as if they're prophets.

They can become sullen, withdrawn, or even hostile when you say it's wrong and requires serious alteration.

Bizarre_Protuberance , fdecomite Report

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“What Is Not A Religion, But People Treat It With The Same Attention?” (30 Answers) "Influencers"

Electrical_Fruit_851 , Jean-Jacques Abalain Report

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“What Is Not A Religion, But People Treat It With The Same Attention?” (30 Answers) Kardashians

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“What Is Not A Religion, But People Treat It With The Same Attention?” (30 Answers) Antivaxism

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“What Is Not A Religion, But People Treat It With The Same Attention?” (30 Answers) Apple fandom.

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“What Is Not A Religion, But People Treat It With The Same Attention?” (30 Answers) Mommy groups. Started getting completely out of hand when my kids were teenagers. I'm a crunchy mom, I'm this kind of mom, or that kind of mom. Those people get rabid. How DARE YOU listen to advice given to you from a doctor about your individual child, MY group thinks "THIS". Heresy! Blasphemy! We will CRUCIFY you!

They used to helpful, now they are f*****g cults.

SubstantialPressure3 , English106 Report

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“What Is Not A Religion, But People Treat It With The Same Attention?” (30 Answers) Scientology

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“What Is Not A Religion, But People Treat It With The Same Attention?” (30 Answers) Obsession with a famous person(s).

AscendedSpirit , hshq Report

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Allen Packard 2 years ago

Ok. Who is this?

50points

Genevieve 2 years ago

harry styles, and honestly? he’s really awesome. he supports the LGBTQ openly and paints his nails and wears dresses without being gay.

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Haven (They/Them) 2 years ago

Harry styles

13points

Batwench Premium 2 years ago

Harry Styles. He is a singer and now actor. Was in the band 1direction. Is the world record holder for floppy hair.

10points

Kymber-Leigh Means 2 years ago

Some dude that needs a comb.

3points

StarlightPanda! 2 years ago

Another human being. Lol

2points

PeachyPenguin 2 years ago

harry styles aka every middle schoolers only personality trait

2points

James Edwards 2 years ago

Who cares?

2points

Anna Bremmer 2 years ago

Olivia Wildes piece.

0points

Ivan Petrov 2 years ago

Someone not famous enough 🤣 But seriously, who is this?

0points

Ann M Clinkscales 2 years ago

Perfect response but not the person who sings it!

0points

Amy 2 years ago

I think he walked someone's dog recently.

0points

Patti Wagner 2 years ago

Harry Styles. Was a member of some boy band from England. I only know this since recently read an article on him while waiting for my tires to be rotated.

0points

Jjjane20 2 years ago

I guess he is famous person.

0points

#CatsAndBobaLife 2 years ago

HARRY STYLES

0points

Archer Harris 2 years ago (edited)

HARRY STYLES

0points

Miss Frankfurter 2 years ago

🤷‍♀️

0points

Juan Alcorta 2 years ago

BTS fans...dear God!

10points

Local foodie 2 years ago (edited)

As a BTS fan, I am really embarrassed by those arses who say shitty things under the guise of being an Army (BTS Stan)

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Bored_Panda 2 years ago

K-pop fandoms: pardon, what did you just say? (I'm talking about some of the *extreme* fans)

6points

hi myself, bi weirdo🇺🇦️‍‍ 2 years ago

Proof: the Eddie Munson simps. Too far. Love the character, but my god, the fandom is awful.

6points

Bouche Clay 2 years ago

If he cut it, he wouldn't be as Harry.

3points

L hill 2 years ago

I admit it. I am OBSESSED with him.

2points

L hill 2 years ago

And thank you for my new screensaver.

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Hill Branda 2 years ago

The word fan comes from "fanatic." There are some people who really do become fanatics. Being a fan is fun. We all have actors, singers, athletes we admire. But it can very easily get out of hand. People lose perspective very easily.

1point

Kurtis Cobainus 2 years ago

Kurt Cobain

1point

unfilteredCigarette73 2 years ago

Its why I really stopped listening to them. Crazy nirvana fans. Gatekeepers all.

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Kenny Kulbiski 2 years ago

Panda outs out those posts of celebrities who (Fill in the blank)and I've never heard of most of them.

0points

olx 2 years ago

omg someone was literally talking about this in context of harry styles in my art class earliee

0points

Shelby Minchew 2 years ago

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“What Is Not A Religion, But People Treat It With The Same Attention?” (30 Answers) Workaholism / hustle culture.

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“What Is Not A Religion, But People Treat It With The Same Attention?” (30 Answers) Some MLM schemes.

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#12

“What Is Not A Religion, But People Treat It With The Same Attention?” (30 Answers) Certain sports

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“What Is Not A Religion, But People Treat It With The Same Attention?” (30 Answers) Gender ideology (aka the pseudoscience surrounding transgenderism). I say this as a trans person. If you do not follow a woke belief system to the very letter you are treated like an apostate. The left used to be very areligious but it is all spiritual gender woo woo stuff now.

Manaxium , Mack Male Report

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“What Is Not A Religion, But People Treat It With The Same Attention?” (30 Answers) Disney. Especially when you go down to Florida.

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#15

“What Is Not A Religion, But People Treat It With The Same Attention?” (30 Answers) Brands in general.

People praising Adidas, Apple, Hugo Boss, etc.

Spaceman_Beard , adifansnet Report

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“What Is Not A Religion, But People Treat It With The Same Attention?” (30 Answers) Politics

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“What Is Not A Religion, But People Treat It With The Same Attention?” (30 Answers) Fraternities and Sororities. Down to the recruitment/shunning culture

abhiwan_kenobi , Mike Report

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“What Is Not A Religion, But People Treat It With The Same Attention?” (30 Answers) Crypto

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“What Is Not A Religion, But People Treat It With The Same Attention?” (30 Answers) astrology zodiac signs

dohrn1i , morebyless Report

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“What Is Not A Religion, But People Treat It With The Same Attention?” (30 Answers) Money

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“What Is Not A Religion, But People Treat It With The Same Attention?” (30 Answers) College football

ham_wallet998 , aaronisnotcool Report

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“What Is Not A Religion, But People Treat It With The Same Attention?” (30 Answers) Homoeopathy

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“What Is Not A Religion, But People Treat It With The Same Attention?” (30 Answers) Kpop

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Gogubaci 2 years ago

why isn't trump on this list

23points

Dirk Daring 2 years ago

Right? I've seen people literally call him The Messiah. Literal worship of a false godking.

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Kymber-Leigh Means 2 years ago

My thought exactly. Trump is more of a religion than Elon Ugly.

2points

TheCat 3 2 years ago

Included in politics, this sigma/alpha thing that so popular right now should be

1point

NatalieC 2 years ago

I was just going to ask the same question as it is the most obvious.

1point

John Dilligaf 2 years ago

IKR? There are pics of people who are literally on their knees in front of a gold colored statue of him. Praying to an idol.

1point

Christina 2 years ago

I'd have added anti Trumpism. Some people are so rabidly against him it's completely irrational.

0points

Andrew Dunford 2 years ago

Trump should Definitely be on this list! Why his Idiot Supporters Deify him, defeats me! He's a Cretin

14points

Honu 2 years ago

Even if I supported his politics and thought he was worthy to lead the country, I think it's downright dangerous to worship a politician. They're fallible human beings.

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GenericPanda09 2 years ago

Well in my country at the moment it's 'royalty'.... so many people living in poverty that'll still go out and line the streets waiting for a coffin to pass by. I get that bit, what I don't get is all the doffing of caps and about how wonderful our queen was..... when she lived all her life absolutely cushioned from all the shite the rest of us normally have to deal with. I view her passing away with thoughts to her immediate family......... but i'm not going to go out of my way to idolise her or even give her death any more personal attention than she gave my daughter's........ which was none. I vowed when I volunteered for armed service that i'd serve her and her heirs.... but that vow ran out the moment I retired from service,. and it was tainted very much from several encounters with 'royalty' from her family whilst serving where theyen were just f*****g entitled pricks. Andrew used to 'work' just down the corridor from me the old war office...

9points

GenericPanda09 2 years ago

when he wasn't out playing golf and passing it off as 'duty'....... I used to think of him as just a lazy f**k until it all came out about his association with sex offenders.. now it's not 'just' that I think bout him.

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PunkRockDuck🇺🇦 2 years ago

I would like to add all forms of social media

5points

Hex Gurls 2 years ago

i loved seeing the generational difference in the comments as well as the stereotypical millennial things: harry potter and ‘i can’t live without my coffee’ lmao

4points

Melissa 2 years ago

The coffee thing is way older than millennials. My grandmother had all these old posters, tees, pretty much any merchandise with coffee addict on them

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oktopus 2 years ago

The British Monarchy.

3points

CalicoKitty 2 years ago

I feel like these can be broken into three categories: things that are genuinely formulated in a manner that mimics religious thinking, cultural/societal pressures that aren't necessarily religious in terms of the way they work but trigger similar levels of devotion/jackassery/personal parasocial /stuff/, and the inevitable results of leaving people alone with either an intentionally contrived point of contention or a single topic to talk about.

3points

Peta Hurley-Hill 2 years ago

Veganism

2points

Ari Keeper 2 years ago

This often is rooted in religion, tho, ie Buddhism, Hinduism, etc

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Susie Elle 2 years ago (edited)

Skin-care routines. I'm sorry but I refuse to believe that plastering your face with make-up and the need for a deep cleanse everyday because otherwise you develop severe skin irritations aren't directly correlated. I'm all for taking care of yourself and people being free to do with make-up whatever they want even though I don't wear any myself - but the sheer amount of skin products available these days is insane. I see youtubers dragging BOXES of bottles around just to get that perfect, Barbie-like skin.

2points

JR1734 2 years ago

BLM should be at the top of this list.

2points

JR1734 2 years ago

Why isn't BLM on this list?

2points

Sooploosh MacSchnibble 2 years ago

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Daaaaaaaaaaa 2 years ago

This is so very accurate. The entire list is, yes yes, yep, huh uh. I'm either getting old and grouchy or people are becoming more awful. I think, the latter. Not all! But lots.

2points

Ace Girl 2 years ago

Dieting.

2points

Sooploosh MacSchnibble 2 years ago

Yeah, fitness is important but there are people who take it WAY too far. In a few years, people will remove all hair, fingernails, toenails, teeth, tounges, and all non-vital organs.

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Kaisa Koo 2 years ago

Health, fitness, nutrition, bodybuilding, looks, fashion, beauty.... So many things.

2points

Dee 2 years ago (edited)

Hail, the almighty: STARBUCKS 🙄

1point

Cheyanne Pavan 2 years ago

When I started working for a nonprofit years ago, I was shocked to discover the intensity of Starbucks fandom. People were downright perplexed that I didn't drink Starbucks until one day somebody finally asked me why. I said I don't dislike the coffee, but prefer to support local businesses instead. After that, nobody ever mentioned again it for fear of being called out as "less progressive!"

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Sooploosh MacSchnibble 2 years ago

Godzilla stans. Some people stan certain incarnations, like the Heisei one. A lot of them think he can defeat extremely powerful characters like Goku. Although it's true that he can defeat most other fictional monsters, he's not the strongest character ever (except for Divine Godzilla, who could come back to life and plow through hell with sheer willpower).

1point

Paul Mitchell 2 years ago

Hearing voices and having imaginary friends in a single person is a psychosis, but when thousands do it it's called a religion.

1point

Nikki Angulo 2 years ago

Vegans should be top of the list!

1point

Amy Taylor 2 years ago

I'll add one: Keto!! My friends treat it like a religion..lol

1point

Penny Kemper 2 years ago

First off Scientology maybe a a cult... but the for the followers it is a religion. But the rest are just obsession, not like a religion. Smh

1point

Tammilee Truitt 1 year ago

Different things work for different people. Thing is...do you have the stanima to find works for you? Tiresome TBS lol

0points

Calvin Bure 2 years ago (edited)

Most of these are rubbish, the real question is why isn't environmentalism on this list? The idea that humans are a cancer on the earth? Yeah that can't be good for us. Where's Critical Race theory? The idea that the US, the most free country on earth is racist and that we need to equalize wealth based on race, which sounds identical to what happened in the Soviet Union.

0points

Christina 2 years ago

"Science" - actual science is a method of questioning and adjusting your understanding to reflect reality. Currently "science" is a slavish worship of some "scientific consensus" that conveniently can include only the scientists that obey and repeat the beliefs of the powerful. In the name of science actual scientists are excommunicated and questions are forbidden.

0points

Christina 2 years ago

"Climate change" - what was once "global cooling" then "global warming". Now it's a term that can't be proven wrong as the first two were since the climate exists and will always be changing. You can agree that the climate exists, is changing, and even that man may be contributing in part to that change. However, of you disagree with the climate priests that their ridiculous law will have any effect you are a "climate denier" and need to be excommunicated. Sheesh, you can't even question the honestly of the climate priests who own homes by the rising sea and commute in their personal jets.

0points

ENO 2 years ago

presidents/world leaders in general should be on this list

0points

Kirk Mckeever 2 years ago

Number 1 should be---VEGANS.....They've gone waaaay beyond nutrition and formed a CULT!!

0points

Dirk Daring 2 years ago

Call of Duty.

0points

Calvin Bure 2 years ago

Most of these are just rubbish, the real question is why isn't environmentalism on this list? What about this idiotic trans epidemic of people who think they can change humans biological functions, who play at being God?

-1point

AwesomeLeoWife 2 years ago

Another poorly disguised anti-American culture article BP

-1point

Sooploosh MacSchnibble 2 years ago

what on this list is against America? Most of these are about fandoms and stuff.

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Gogubaci 2 years ago

why isn't trump on this list

23points

Dirk Daring 2 years ago

Right? I've seen people literally call him The Messiah. Literal worship of a false godking.

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Kymber-Leigh Means 2 years ago

My thought exactly. Trump is more of a religion than Elon Ugly.

2points

TheCat 3 2 years ago

Included in politics, this sigma/alpha thing that so popular right now should be

1point

NatalieC 2 years ago

I was just going to ask the same question as it is the most obvious.

1point

John Dilligaf 2 years ago

IKR? There are pics of people who are literally on their knees in front of a gold colored statue of him. Praying to an idol.

1point

Christina 2 years ago

I'd have added anti Trumpism. Some people are so rabidly against him it's completely irrational.

0points

Andrew Dunford 2 years ago

Trump should Definitely be on this list! Why his Idiot Supporters Deify him, defeats me! He's a Cretin

14points

Honu 2 years ago

Even if I supported his politics and thought he was worthy to lead the country, I think it's downright dangerous to worship a politician. They're fallible human beings.

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GenericPanda09 2 years ago

9points

GenericPanda09 2 years ago

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PunkRockDuck🇺🇦 2 years ago

I would like to add all forms of social media

5points

Hex Gurls 2 years ago

i loved seeing the generational difference in the comments as well as the stereotypical millennial things: harry potter and ‘i can’t live without my coffee’ lmao

4points

Melissa 2 years ago

The coffee thing is way older than millennials. My grandmother had all these old posters, tees, pretty much any merchandise with coffee addict on them

1point

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oktopus 2 years ago

The British Monarchy.

3points

CalicoKitty 2 years ago

3points

Peta Hurley-Hill 2 years ago

Veganism

2points

Ari Keeper 2 years ago

This often is rooted in religion, tho, ie Buddhism, Hinduism, etc

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Susie Elle 2 years ago (edited)

2points

JR1734 2 years ago

BLM should be at the top of this list.

2points

JR1734 2 years ago

Why isn't BLM on this list?

2points

Sooploosh MacSchnibble 2 years ago

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Daaaaaaaaaaa 2 years ago

This is so very accurate. The entire list is, yes yes, yep, huh uh. I'm either getting old and grouchy or people are becoming more awful. I think, the latter. Not all! But lots.

2points

Ace Girl 2 years ago

Dieting.

2points

Sooploosh MacSchnibble 2 years ago

Yeah, fitness is important but there are people who take it WAY too far. In a few years, people will remove all hair, fingernails, toenails, teeth, tounges, and all non-vital organs.

2points

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Kaisa Koo 2 years ago

Health, fitness, nutrition, bodybuilding, looks, fashion, beauty.... So many things.

2points

Dee 2 years ago (edited)

Hail, the almighty: STARBUCKS 🙄

1point

Cheyanne Pavan 2 years ago

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Sooploosh MacSchnibble 2 years ago

1point

Paul Mitchell 2 years ago

Hearing voices and having imaginary friends in a single person is a psychosis, but when thousands do it it's called a religion.

1point

Nikki Angulo 2 years ago

Vegans should be top of the list!

1point

Amy Taylor 2 years ago

I'll add one: Keto!! My friends treat it like a religion..lol

1point

Penny Kemper 2 years ago

First off Scientology maybe a a cult... but the for the followers it is a religion. But the rest are just obsession, not like a religion. Smh

1point

Tammilee Truitt 1 year ago

Different things work for different people. Thing is...do you have the stanima to find works for you? Tiresome TBS lol

0points

Calvin Bure 2 years ago (edited)

0points

Christina 2 years ago

0points

Christina 2 years ago

0points

ENO 2 years ago

presidents/world leaders in general should be on this list

0points

Kirk Mckeever 2 years ago

Number 1 should be---VEGANS.....They've gone waaaay beyond nutrition and formed a CULT!!

0points

Dirk Daring 2 years ago

Call of Duty.

0points

Calvin Bure 2 years ago

-1point

AwesomeLeoWife 2 years ago

Another poorly disguised anti-American culture article BP

-1point

Sooploosh MacSchnibble 2 years ago

what on this list is against America? Most of these are about fandoms and stuff.

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