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Religion
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Religion
I suspect - like Wittgenstein - that there is not one thing that is common to all things referred to as "religion" or "religious." Instead there is a family resemblance between certain things that people are socialized into recognizing that these things are religious but, because there is no common defining feature, what is religious and what is not is potentially limitless..!

Is anyone else Witgenstinian in their definition of religion here? Or do you have a great reductive definition of religion (ie you can say it is a religion if it is x,y,z)?
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Religion - by Dawud - April 27, 2013 at 6:19 pm
RE: Religion - by pocaracas - April 27, 2013 at 7:47 pm
RE: Religion - by My imaginary friend is GOD - April 27, 2013 at 8:35 pm
Re: RE: Religion - by frz - April 29, 2013 at 1:27 am
RE: Religion - by Angrboda - April 29, 2013 at 7:25 am



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