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Author Topic:   DarkStar's Collection of Quotations - Number 1
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Message 131 of 173 (135847)
08-20-2004 11:34 PM
Reply to: Message 19 by Nasa
08-10-2004 12:27 AM


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Religion: A person's out look, as a whole upon life!
No, religion has multiple definitions, and all are generally more specific than that.
From the OED:
(Rare or obsolete definitions omitted)
1. a. A state of life bound by monastic vows; the condition of one who is a member of a religious order, esp. in the Roman Catholic Church.
2. a. A particular monastic or religious order or rule; a religious house. Now rare.
4. a. A particular system of faith and worship.
c. religion of nature: the worship of Nature in place of a more formal system of religious belief.
5. a. Recognition on the part of man of some higher unseen power as having control of his destiny, and as being entitled to obedience, reverence, and worship; the general mental and moral attitude resulting from this belief, with reference to its effect upon the individual or the community; personal or general acceptance of this feeling as a standard of spiritual and practical life.
You were talking about this last entry, yes?

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