Definition of Religion

[grandampersand]

Perhaps the lack of any clear-cut definition of "religion," which includes all those various systems/institutions/practices­ that we tend to group under that classification, and which also excludes those systems/institutions/practices which we want to say are not religious, is due to the fact that there is no clear essential concept underlying the word "religion." Perhaps "Religion" (and along with it, the "secular") is a political consruction...

[thesuikerlounge]

@grandampersand

every single piece of s*** is a political construction.

[mademan4life]

Religions. Three definitions; substantive, functional and social constructionists.

[AstroMen2911]

Religion is one of 5 aspects of wisdom which inspires and offers Faith to an individual or group without force or judgement. A religion that forces or judges others is a cult. Religion should be a benevolent force that teaches us to better ourselfs.

[Dionysusheathen]

It's hard to define religion because it's a personal experience, and everyone experiences it differently.

Religion and philosophy do have alot in common but they do have alot of difference's which seperate them such as philosophy tends to emphasize just the use of reason, and of course Philosophy doesn't have "rituals".

[Dionysusheathen]

I think as a race we're pretty bad at making our lives easy. In trying to explain the world around us we have infact made it more complicated for ourselvs.

Sometimes I ask my self if Religion was created as nothing more than an "excuse" for us to inflict pain and isolation on others

[WesternWhiteWolf]

It's funny you mentioned Tim LaHaye; he's partly responsible for my giving up Christianity for good.

I've not heard many of those definitions of religion. It's such an ambiguous thing.