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View Poll Results: What religion do you follow? | |||
Christianity | 38 | 20.32% | |
Buddhism | 3 | 1.60% | |
Hinduism | 1 | 0.53% | |
Islam | 2 | 1.07% | |
Judaism | 4 | 2.14% | |
Wiccanism | 1 | 0.53% | |
Other established religion (feel free to post about it) | 6 | 3.21% | |
Self-defined | 25 | 13.37% | |
Don't follow any religion & don't believe in deities (atheist) | 68 | 36.36% | |
Not Sure, undecided, don't know or don't care | 39 | 20.86% | |
Sikhism | 0 | 0% | |
Voters: 187. You may not vote on this poll |
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12-19-2015, 02:56 PM | #11 (permalink) | |
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But we could bicker about the semantics of beliefs and what fundamental really is all day. So that's cool if you choose to see it that way, ignoring the true meaning. When a group of people uniformly adheres to a system of ethics or beliefs...there is a practice of fundamentalism right there. Call it what you want but if walks like a duck and talks like a duck. It could be a flying spaghetti monster. In fact, the reality is people are walking in the paths of so many religions. Your points are based on the colloquial usage of religion in common circles, which portends to the inclusion of the many monotheistic religions and buddhism/hinduism. But the definition of religion doesn't depend on a catalog of major, world religions. I also even looked up the merriam-webster definition and the third branch of the definition would qualify atheism as a religion. Just saying... Atheism might not be as organized as the religious communities that are centuries-old, but I assure you that it fits the description. You don't have to trust me though. I mean atheists have conventions, bro! If that's not a grouping of people adhering to a set of beliefs/practices (whether fundamental or not is moot at this juncture) then I don't know what to tell you if you're unwilling to recognize it for what it is. And the scientific community embodies the definition more than any other group...it is THE MOST-structured embodiment of a religion with regards to uniform acceptance and systematic belief, permitting varying degrees of adherence within dissenting subsects...but nevertheless a system of beliefs at the core. It's the epitome of organized religion from the standpoint of rigorous academic testing of the definition. Deductive reason, part of the scientific method and the prediction is an exercise of "faith" too! How are you not seeing that? |
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