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The contributions of Religion to sciences

StopS

Member
Their belief in "spirits" is clearly a reference to a set of religious beliefs

If that makes you feel better, who am I to argue? I disagree but don't care enough to argue.
It's not a god. That was my claim. Not "spirits" or "religious beliefs". Gods.
 

metis

aged ecumenical anthropologist
If that makes you feel better, who am I to argue? I disagree but don't care enough to argue.
It's not a god. That was my claim. Not "spirits" or "religious beliefs". Gods.
What do you think "spirits" are? Also, aren't you aware that "animism", as a form of polytheism and is classified as a religious category of supernatural beliefs ("religion")? It's not a matter of "feeling better"-- it's a matter of recognizing what is often called the "supernatural", whether that be monotheism, polytheism, with animism being one of the latter.

Buddhism also does not posit a creator-god. Their belief also does not have various deities as being unchanging and permanent, and yet it is still classified as a religion.

BTW, ever read any of Joseph Campbell's books on the subject?
 
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