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Post by pieisgood on Apr 19, 2004 23:28:56 GMT -5
a "religion of 1" is basically a cult, but I think that a cult is a religion without enough people to have a say, so other people see a body that disagrees with them and gives it a bad name.
based on my whole religion-system, I think that there could be but aren't any religions of 1 (as there are only 3 categories people could fit into). So, I think that there are varying amounts of people in each sub-religion, some of them eventually having 1 person once it's branched out enough.
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livinitup
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Post by livinitup on Apr 20, 2004 2:35:47 GMT -5
How many people does it take to have a say?
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Post by pieisgood on Apr 20, 2004 11:14:28 GMT -5
It takes enough people that they can be noticed (e.g., enough power to set up and partake in a march). The looser you are on your religiousness, the more people you will have on your side. Think of it this way: You have twelve people, all with their own sub-religion. They are forced to live together and vote on their state religion. The first 4 of them, all Atheists, aren't willing to compromise at all and will only vote on something if it's their personal religion. As a result, each of their personal ones only get 1 vote and so they don't have any power over anything.
the second batch, people 5-8, are all Agnosticists. They are willing to compromise a little, so they each vote on the sub religion one branch above their own personal religion. AS a result, each of their sub-religions gets 2 votes. Since these people were willing to compromise more than the Atheists, they have more power then them.
The last group is the Theists. They are all willing to compromise alot, as long as it's what they believe in. They all vote on Theism. As a result, that gets 4 votes.
The most powerful people (the Theists) in the scenario were the people who were most likely to compromise and put themselves into a bigger and more powerful body of people.
Power depends on how many people you can get on your side. There is no exact number, but the more the merrier.
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Post by Maverick on Apr 20, 2004 12:30:35 GMT -5
livinitup
I do not support that definition. Just as Yaw stated, religion usually involves some doctrine of belief or tenets of membership. Definiing religion as "personal beliefs about God" is too broad, in my opinion.
AuntieSocial
I don't see why deism and theism must be seperate. Both declare belief in a god. They only differ when it comes to describing the nature of god. I think it would be more appropriate to classify deism as a subset or type of theism.
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