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To: flevit
secularism falls under #4 definion of religon.. yet calls itself non-religion based on #1, secularism/athiesm just annoints man (by default Government) highest authority.

I understand that. But the argument that secularism and Christianity are both religions is an exercise in sophistry, easily demonstrated by the fact that the same definition of "religion" is not being applied to both.

I work in IT, and it's fairly common among programmers to speak of strict adherance to a particular programming methodology or structure as "religious". That doesn't mean that anyone went out and joined the Church of Python.

69 posted on 01/31/2007 10:21:07 AM PST by tacticalogic ("Oh bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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To: tacticalogic

actually #4 can be applied to both, christianity and secularism fall under that definition.

you'll have to point where in ANY of the definition, require joining a "church".





70 posted on 01/31/2007 10:42:27 AM PST by flevit
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