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YankeyMCC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 07:05 PM Original message |
Do you think this is a good definition of "religion" |
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salinen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 07:10 PM Response to Original message |
1. it creates a sense of humility |
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Exiled in America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 07:15 PM Response to Original message |
2. I think that's a definition of what religion at its best is capable of-- |
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YankeyMCC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 07:25 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Not mine |
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Eric J in MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
3. You need to add belief in the supernatural to the definition. |
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Exiled in America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 08:06 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. I'm not sure.... |
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Eric J in MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 08:31 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. " a larger unified essence" |
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Exiled in America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 08:37 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. I think it would be more: everything works together for a unified order-- |
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Eric J in MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 10:12 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Is it like saying that if something bad happened, then it |
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Exiled in America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 10:24 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. not necessarily |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 07:23 PM Response to Original message |
4. My definition would be a bit different |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 07:25 PM Response to Original message |
5. No, not a good definition - it's too loaded with value words. |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 08:01 PM Response to Original message |
7. What is wrong with Webster's definition? |
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YankeyMCC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 08:21 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Again Not Me ... also |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 08:36 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. My point is that |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-23-06 03:38 PM Response to Reply #7 |
19. I'll chime in with Chambers English Dictionary definition |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-24-06 07:36 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. I realized too late |
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whistle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 08:37 PM Response to Original message |
12. Too long, this is better: Religion is the opiate of the masses- Karl Marx |
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Merlot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 09:09 PM Response to Original message |
14. The problem with this definition - IMO |
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YankeyMCC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-23-06 04:00 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. I think you are getting to what bothers me about it |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-23-06 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
18. I'm okay with the definition |
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moggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-24-06 01:53 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. What would you do? |
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