To: skraeling
>>>Really? Does a religion need to have a (singular) God? Is not a "belief structure" enough to qualify?<<<
From American Heritage Dictionary:
RELIGION: An organized system of beliefs centering on a supernatural being or beings.
ATHEISM: Disbelief in or denial of the existence of God.
Atheists have a belief (such as it is), but they do not have a "religion".
Funny enough though, Satanists have a religion, yet they are atheists because they do not believe in God (satan is a fallen angel)
37 posted on
12/05/2003 11:26:45 AM PST by
Roughneck
(". . .For there is going to come a time when people won't listen to the truth. . .")
To: Roughneck
Funny enough though, Satanists have a religion, yet they are atheists because they do not believe in God That works for me. It's all tied up in the definitons, and as we know, "He who controls the definitions controls history."
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