Jerry Kraus wrote:
> On May 11, 4:07 pm, Free Lunch wrote:
>> On Sun, 11 May 2008 13:54:34 -0700 (PDT), Jerry Kraus
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yahoo.com> wrote:>>> On May 11, 3:44 pm, Free Lunch wrote:
>>>> On Sun, 11 May 2008 13:28:53 -0700 (PDT), Jerry Kraus
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yahoo.com> wrote:>>>>> 1. Christianity:
>>>>> "We offer a personal relationship with God."
>>>>> 2. Islam:
>>>>> "There is no God but Allah, the all-powerful, the all-merciful, whom
>>>>> we all worship."
>>>>> 3. Judaism:
>>>>> "We are God's Chosen People."
>>>>> 4. Hinduism:
>>>>> "There are many paths to truth, but some are more direct than others."
>>>>> 5. Buddhism:
>>>>> "We can transform life's suffering to the peace of Nirvana."
>>>>> 6. Confucianism:
>>>>> "Family and tradition are the basis of a good life, and we are all
>>>>> children of the Emperor."
>>>>> 7. Atheism:
>>>>> "All religion is superstition, we must seek truth through scientific
>>>>> humanism."
>>>> The first six were somewhere in the ballpark of correct. The last one is
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>>> Splendid. YOU define Atheism, Mr. Atheist.
>> The lack of belief in gods.- Hide quoted text -
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> Confucianism is Atheistic but is classified as a religion.
Quite right.
Buddhism
> is, arguably, atheistic as well,
I think there are multiple sorts of buddhism, but some are atheistic, yes.
although somewhat more ambiguously.
> It is certainly not theistic in emphasis or in practice.
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Theism <> Religion
That wasn't so hard, wasn't it?
Theism is belief in gods, or god, or a deity, whatever supernatural
entity you like.
Atheism is lack of such.
Religion is something else entirely. There are atheistic religions,
there are theistic religions.
Your point was?
Tokay
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Truth will be out this morning. (Which may really mess
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