Re: OT: Racial superiority / Intelligent design was Re: OT:Thanksgiving

On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 15:20:28 -0800 (PST), Alistair
<alistair@ld50macca.demon.co.uk> wrote:

><Quote from Wikipedia>
>A religion is a set of common beliefs and practices generally held by
>a group of people, often codified as prayer, ritual, and religious
>law. Religion also encompasses ancestral or cultural traditions,
>writings, history, and mythology, as well as personal faith and mystic
>experience. The term "religion" refers to both the personal practices
>related to communal faith and to group rituals and communication
>stemming from shared conviction.
></Quote>

An occasionally useful definition that could include "communism" or
"patriotism".

>A better definition is that a religion requires a belief in a
>spiritual entity and a god-head. Atheism is not a believer in either
>and does not qualify as a religion, in my book. If you wish to persist
>in your misrepresentation of atheism then you will accomplish nothing
>except bolstering your own poorly founded beliefs.