>
> On what the fantasy folk are up to with their
> anachronistic brain.
> On folk religion :
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>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folk_religion
> Folk religion consists of beliefs, superstitions and rituals transmitted
> from
> generation to generation in a specific culture. It could be contrasted
> with an
> organized religion or historical religion in which founders, creed,
> theology and
> ecclesiastical organizations are present. In contrast, ethnic religion
> refers to
> the religious practices particular to a certain ethnicity. Folk religion
> and
> ethnic religion alike are characterized by the absence of proselytization,
> membership being, as a rule, equivalent to ethnicity.
>
> The folk religion with the largest number of adherents is the Chinese folk
> religion, accounting for some 6%% of world population. Various "primal
> indigenous" religions (animism, shamanism) account for another 4%%, but
> elements
> of folk religion exist as part of all religious traditions and should be
> regarded as popular currents (as opposed to a theological or
> institutionalized)
> rather than as separate religions, so that folk religion, like
> superstition, is
> a phenomenon present in every society.
> More...
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folk_religion
> --
> Frederick Martin McNeill
> Poway, California, United States of America
> mmcneill@fuzzysys.com
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> "I never cease being dumbfounded by the unbelievable things people
> believe."
> - Leo Rosten
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