RE: Atheism is a religion
January 13, 2012 at 10:38 pm
(This post was last modified: January 13, 2012 at 10:39 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(January 10, 2012 at 10:21 pm)kılıç_mehmet Wrote: Well, there are some christians, evangelists, I think, that claim christianity is not a religion. Indeed, christianity is not a "set" form of beliefs, but it certainly is a religion.
What baffles me are Buddhists, who also claim that Buddhism is not a religion, but a philosophy, even though the major schools of Buddhism defy this by having large priesthoods, schools of thought and dogma, prayers and etc.
That's mostly to do with the fact that it's becoming increasingly hard to sell people on "religion". It's difficult to consider all other religions to be complete horseshit and then maintain the walls of one's own. So it gets re-branded as a "relationship" or whatever the popular platitude is, to avoid being associated with the "horseshit". The human mind is amazing in it's ability to defend itself, even from itself.
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