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LanX
Just before this thread dives into throwing apples and oranges at each other.<P>
What is a "religion"?<P>
There are many very different dimensions
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<LI> believing in higher beings/deities
<LI> ethical behavior (commandments like "don't kill" to "don't <strike>fart</strike> drive cars" )
<LI> political impact (e.g. cast system or using priests as functionaries or seeing a king as gods representative )
<LI> adopted traditions (from Christmas trees to female circumcision)
<LI> ethnic group thru strict [wp://endogamy] *
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@Erix: Darwin didn't solve the problem of the watchmaker, and Kant proved long ago that there can't be any proof either way.<P>
Instead of discussing the badly defined R-word we should concentrate on aspects affecting our past and future - especially in a globalized world.<P>
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<p>Cheers Rolf<br>
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<br> <i>[http://s3.freebeacon.com/up/2015/01/charliehebdo-540x342.png|Je suis Charlie]!</i>
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