In article <79b2c87c.0402240907.7ac78355@posting.google.com>,
i_rennie@hotmail.com (Ian Rennie) wrote:
> "Uncle Davey" <noway@jose.com> wrote in message
> news:<c1ck6r$glg$0@pita.alt.net>...
> > > > Alright, I found that fairly convincing, maybe atheism, per se, isn't a
> > > > religion, but it becomes like a religion to some people.
> > > > How about that?
> > >
> > > Wrong of course. Even if someone promotes atheism fanatically, there's
> > > still no deity involved.
> > >
> >
> > Who said all religions need a deity?
> >
> > Uncle Davey
>
> Would you agree that a religion requires some kind of faith in the
> supernatural?
>
> If not, what makes a religion different from a philosophy?
>
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I think it was Bob Ornstein (Psych. Prof at Berkeley) who said that,
in order for a religion to be successful, it must require some belief
in the preposterous. we can all believe that we should not kill and
steal, etc. but you can't build a religion around that. One must
'test the faith' by requiring belief in something that cannot possibly
have any evidence, such as virgin birth, life after death,
conditioning in the womb, the expected 'messiah', the 'messiah' who
has already come, etc.
I think that Hubbard, in establishing Scientology as a religion,
carried the idea to its extreme!
earle
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