Dr. JT wrote, in part; "when you say "faith in the supernatural," I take it
you mean some concept of extra-natural deity such as a god figure. This
would seem to rule out by your concept of religion, various non-theistic
traditions such as Buddhism, no?"
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.
Steven
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