Posted by Covert on March 18, 1999 at 10:31:13 {MWqFN055Fza4.}:
In Reply to: ****Interesting Site posted by Tallyman on March 18, 1999 at 09:58:32:
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary defines "religion" as the following:
re*li*gion (noun)
[Middle English religioun, from Latin religion-, religio supernatural constraint, sanction, religious practice, perhaps from religare to restrain, tie back -- more at RELY]
First appeared 13th Century
1 a : the state of a religious b (1) : the service and worship of God or the supernatural (2) : commitment or devotion to
religious faith or observance 2 : a personal set or institutionalized system of religious attitudes, beliefs, and practices 3 archaic : scrupulous conformity : CONSCIENTIOUSNESS 4 : a cause, principle, or system of beliefs held to
with ardor and faith And all this time, I thought you had one ioda of common sense... *Sigh* Covert "Come Mr. Tallyman, tally me banana..."
Maybe, in a sense, Atheism can technically (albeit very loosely) as a "religion," but is not a "religion" per se. In fact, I would be inclined to think that Atheism is antithetical to "religion," or
Theism.