Are you nibbas religious?
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[–]OrionBlastar 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun - 2 years ago (4 children)
Buddhists, Confucious, Taoists, and other religions don't believe in a God.
Religion is made out of two Latin words, Re = again and lig = connect. You connect to nature instead of God. That is a relgion.
[–]Jackalope 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun - 2 years ago (3 children)
I meant this mainly in the colloquial sense I assumed the OP intended, although I have similar feelings about these other religions. I don't have any faith based beliefs. Buddhism has reincarnation, Taoism has throwing sticks that can read the future. I would not consider myself religious in the sense that most people would use that word, nor am I associated with any practice of 'ism'
[–]fschmidt 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun - 2 years ago (2 children)
I am religious and I don't have any faith based beliefs either. A religion is just a coherent system to support a set of values. I personally follow the Old Testament. You can read more here.
[–]Jackalope 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun - 2 years ago (1 child)
I am not opposed to a metaphorical interpretation of the Old Testament in the way the author of that article advocates. This may be semantics, but how would you differentiate between a philosophy and a religion, or wouldn't you?
[–]fschmidt 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun - 2 years ago (0 children)
I am the author of that article. Philosophy is only about ideas. Religion is a complete system that includes ideas, a shared narrative, and rituals that combine to support a value system.
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