Your statement does not follow from mine.
For purposes of our present discussion, I am drilling down to find out what constitutes a religion, at least in terms of how discussion is dealt with here on Free Republic. The rest of the philosophical discussion would be perhaps something for another time or place or maybe even another Freeper like Alamo Girl or Betty Boop, 2 of the best freepers I’ve run across.
And I can’t plug them without mentioning that they both published a book on these kinds of philosophical/religious discussions.
Don’t Let Science Get You Down, Timothy: A Light-hearted (but Deadly Serious) Dialogue on Science, Faith, and Culture by Jean Drew and Sandi Venable (Paperback - Dec 14, 2006)
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