i voted "Maybe". I can see where activism can sometimes skirt very close to a religious feeling and character.
An abortion or anti-abortion activist as a type of religion? No, it just doesnt fit into that definition at all.
An atheist activist? They have no official symbols, they DISCOURAGE relating to spirituality, they dont push a common moral heritage other than poining out that atheists can still hold all kinds of morals WITHOUT religion. Atheism has no dogma of meaning of life or origin of the universe inherent within its membership other than the lack of a deified agency. Atheism has no lifestyal derived from a cosmology as atheism is devoid of a cosmology. It merely says "godless".
PETA - their cultural, belief system and world view is all about living "animal free". People must stop eating animals, and products from animals, including medical discoveries that were tested on animals, such as artificial hearts and innoculations. Animals must be given the maximum amount of freedom possible. PETA does not necesarily have a spirituality but they are definitely based in "morals and ethics"
People for the ETHICAL treatment of Animals.
So yes they have a moral world view. They have no narratives or sacred traditions intended to give meaning of life... they really have no origin stories or ideas that I know of.
So, I can see where SOME Peta people can kind of brush against being called a "religion", PETA in and of itself is not a religion. Some of these PETA people make it the job of their lives, and everything and anything that revolves around them has something to do with animal freedom or the PETA beliefs to them.
Wikipedia Wrote:Religion is a collection of cultural systems, belief systems, and worldviews that establishes symbols that relate humanity to spirituality and, sometimes, to moral values.[1] Many religions have narratives, symbols, traditions and sacred histories that are intended to give meaning to life or to explain the origin of life or the universe. They tend to derive morality, ethics, religious laws or a preferred lifestyle from their ideas about the cosmos and human nature.
An abortion or anti-abortion activist as a type of religion? No, it just doesnt fit into that definition at all.
An atheist activist? They have no official symbols, they DISCOURAGE relating to spirituality, they dont push a common moral heritage other than poining out that atheists can still hold all kinds of morals WITHOUT religion. Atheism has no dogma of meaning of life or origin of the universe inherent within its membership other than the lack of a deified agency. Atheism has no lifestyal derived from a cosmology as atheism is devoid of a cosmology. It merely says "godless".
PETA - their cultural, belief system and world view is all about living "animal free". People must stop eating animals, and products from animals, including medical discoveries that were tested on animals, such as artificial hearts and innoculations. Animals must be given the maximum amount of freedom possible. PETA does not necesarily have a spirituality but they are definitely based in "morals and ethics"
People for the ETHICAL treatment of Animals.
So yes they have a moral world view. They have no narratives or sacred traditions intended to give meaning of life... they really have no origin stories or ideas that I know of.
So, I can see where SOME Peta people can kind of brush against being called a "religion", PETA in and of itself is not a religion. Some of these PETA people make it the job of their lives, and everything and anything that revolves around them has something to do with animal freedom or the PETA beliefs to them.
