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Heck the reason Easter is special in Christianity is because, Christianity was established during the Easter season (in what we know as May no less) before being tied to the Jewish choice of date during the month of Nisan (Book of Esther).
<which for s*its and giggles...is the name of the pre-Babylonian myths imported from the Siberian highlands of Manchu (China)...for a FEMALE shaman who resurrects the body of a RICH LAND OWNER>
Nah, religion requires the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power such as a god. Thus, environmentalism doesn't qualify as a religion.
Nah, religion requires the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power such as a god. Thus, environmentalism doesn't qualify as a religion.
But one can add environmentalism to one's religion...
“I would like to ask all those who have positions of responsibility in economic, political and social life, and all men and women of goodwill: Let us be protectors of creation, protectors of God’s plan inscribed in nature, protectors of one another and of the environment.”
No it doesn't. At least not any definition I have ever read.
perhaps your's goes something like "religion: every belief system except the ones i believe in."
Here you go:
First four definitions when searching Google: Definition of religion:
1. a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, especially when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies, usually involving devotional and ritual observances, and often containing a moral code governing the conduct of human affairs.
Religion | Define Religion at Dictionary.com
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(1) : the service and worship of God or the supernatural (2) : commitment or devotion to religious faith or observance
Most certainly. One can add just about anything to one's religious belief, including that one must murder infidels.
Doing so doesn't make Environmentalism any more a religion than Atheism... Both lack the defining characteristic of a superhuman controlling power, i.e, a god or god-like being.
First four definitions when searching Google: Definition of religion:
1. a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, especially when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies, usually involving devotional and ritual observances, and often containing a moral code governing the conduct of human affairs.
Religion | Define Religion at Dictionary.com
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(1) : the service and worship of God or the supernatural (2) : commitment or devotion to religious faith or observance
Each source will show one use of religion as regarding a superhuman power, or say it often does, but there will always be a 2. or 3. for the broader use. None support your claim that "religion requires the belief" of the superhuman power.
Most certainly. One can add just about anything to one's religious belief, including that one must murder infidels.
Doing so doesn't make Environmentalism any more a religion than Atheism... Both lack the defining characteristic of a superhuman controlling power, i.e, a god or god-like being.
Easy Francis. I wasn't indicating that environmentalism was a religion above or below atheism...just that it could be become a part of one's base fanaticism.
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