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>Si, as a buddhist who does not consider buddhism a religion, you are
>correct. I think that changing the definition of religion and then saying,
>"Aha, reading science fiction is a form of religion" doesn't really mean
>much. Same with environmentalism, not doubt it can become an ideology, even
>a fanatic obsession, but IMHO that don't make it a religion.
It is easy to *parody* the idea that a comprehensive worldview may be
a religion by reducing the idea _ad absurdum_ to examples like your
"reading science fiction" is a religion. But this is to miss rather
completely the point of what a COMPREHENSIVE WORLDVIEW is. (sorry
for shouting). :-)
I think your claim that Buddhism is *not* a religion is at the very
least debatable, as a philosophical and theoretical/theological
issue. It is not, in my humble opinion, "non-sensical" or
"imbecilic" to discuss the issue. Serious people of goodwill can
agree to disagree on this issue, as I sense you and I do, SB. But
there are still very real philosophical questions here to discuss.
What is a religion?
Does environmentalism--or at least certain forms of
environmentalism--qualify as a religion?
jt
>Steven
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