Surely religion is merely a belief system espoused by a group of
people, however small (but more than one) and however un-codified.
On 03/01/07, Julian Bradley <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> At 11:16 03/01/2007, you wrote:
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> >"God told me to strike at al Qaida and I struck them, and then he instructe=
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> >me to strike at Saddam, which I did, and now I am determined to solve the
> >problem in the Middle East. If you help me I will act, and if not, the
> >elections will come and I will have to focus on them."
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> >I am not heartened.
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> >http://adultthought.ucsd.edu/Culture_War/The_American_Taliban.html
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> Neither am I.
>
> The quote might be accurate, but so often people believe what they
> want to without applying their normal critical faculties. What is
> the reference for this - none is given by "adultthought"?
>
> "I don't think that witchcraft is a religion. I wish the military
> would rethink this decision."* is the ONLY statement referenced,
> apparently said on national TV. Probably 95% of people don't believe
> witchcraft is a religion. They may be wrong, who can say since
> religion is so ill defined - but on the whole I don't think the
> military should have to employ military witches as the equivalent of
> military chaplains, padres, rabbis or clerics of other faiths.
>
> Julian
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