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Margaret Atwood claims atheism is a religion
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RE: Margaret Atwood claims atheism is a religion
July 10, 2015 at 12:53 pm
(July 10, 2015 at 11:53 am)Metis Wrote:
(July 10, 2015 at 11:10 am)QuarkDriven Wrote: Wouldn't this be the culture? traditions and rituals devoid of belief in any supernatural realm? Religion is the belief of a diety, whichever one it is they believe in... Culture is just relative to where you are geographically located... yes, the two can be mixed into one, but religion and culture are two different things...

Would you say that Theosophy, Buddhism, Shamanism and Wicca are not religions then? They all (some exceptions within Buddhism) have a very strong supernatural edge and yet have no concept of any deity/deities

I would say those are religions... I'm not too well versed on most of the above, but I can speak for Shamanism a bit.. at least shamanism in the sense of santeria... they do have a gods and saints that they pray to and perform rituals for.. i've been to one of the parties/celebrations for someone "becoming" a santera... they're assigned saints (i forget how) and they do things for them... wear certain colors, celebrate their saints birthdays, give offerings and pray to... i would call that a religion...
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