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To: HiTech RedNeck

What is your definition of religion?

A God?

Or a concept?

Monotheist?

Does it matter?

How do you, or do you separate religion from a cult?

How many “religions” do you recognize?


64 posted on 12/04/2015 3:33:27 PM PST by Zeneta (Thoughts in time and out of season.)
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To: Zeneta

A religion is a human faith and trust in a deity or in an entity claiming the attributes of deity.

Cult is a informal term. It comes from the Latin colere, meaning circle. Like, a small group’s private religion. At one point the early church would have been considered a cult had you asked the religious community outside of it. It’s only its widespread nominal earthly success that has it NOT being called a cult today.

There are a plethora of religions. The bible says there are many “Lords” and many “gods.” And the evil apparition called Allah in Islam, is one of them.


66 posted on 12/04/2015 3:40:47 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: Zeneta

Or if you will, group of deities, for religions that go that way. This isn’t really an issue in the definition.

We are right to believe that there really could only be one entirely “good” religion. This is where Christian denominations get into arguments, not realizing they are all flawed implementations of the ideal that man was made for.


68 posted on 12/04/2015 3:44:24 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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