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To: Drammach
Legal distinction? Not sure..

Oh good. Then you no longer stand by the statement that 'The courts, ( and SCOTUS ) would not even consider anything else as deserving recognition as a major religion'. I agree: the courts would not make such a distinction. Teach one creation myth, and you need to teach them all.

433 posted on 08/16/2005 1:24:24 PM PDT by Right Wing Professor (ID: the idea that somebody did something to some gene or other sometime somehow.)
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To: Right Wing Professor
Like I said, the World Almanac recognizes/ lists as "Major World Religions", Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism..

That's it...
I really didn't go into a full-tilt search for the SCOTUS approved definition of Major World Religions, but I remember a few cases ( in a general manner ) that they have dealt with over the years..
I seriously doubt they would consider a case that demanded the creation myths of the Mandan Sioux be included in the creationist / ID alternative to Evolution in schools..
They "may" consider the Major World Religions I listed above..
Because, they have numbers... A sufficient following to make them a statistically viable religious group..
Under such a criteria, there might be a few other religions that could get recognition..
Baha'ai, (sp?) Taoism, Shinto, Zoroastranism, maybe Jainism, stuff like that..

Branch Davidians won't make the cut...

436 posted on 08/16/2005 1:45:26 PM PDT by Drammach (Freedom; not just a job, it's an adventure..)
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