religion
| 1. |
a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, esp. when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies, usually involving devotional and ritual observances, and often containing a moral code governing the conduct of human affairs. |
| 2. |
a specific fundamental set of beliefs and practices generally agreed upon by a number of persons or sects: the Christian religion; the Buddhist religion. |
| 3. |
the body of persons adhering to a particular set of beliefs and practices: a world council of religions. |
| 4. |
the life or state of a monk, nun, etc.: to enter religion. |
| 5. |
the practice of religious beliefs; ritual observance of faith. |
| 6. |
something one believes in and follows devotedly; a point or matter of ethics or conscience: to make a religion of fighting prejudice. |
| 7. |
religions, Archaic. religious rites. |
| 8. |
Archaic. strict faithfulness; devotion: a religion to one’s vow. |
theism
| 1. |
the belief in one God as the creator and ruler of the universe, without rejection of revelation (distinguished from deism). |
| 2. |
belief in the existence of a god or gods (opposed to atheism). |
atheism
| 1. |
the doctrine or belief that there is no God. |
| 2. |
disbelief in the existence of a supreme being or beings. |
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non-
Function: prefix
: not : other than : reverse of : absence of
This is the first of a couple dilemnae that I’ve come across this evening. Oh, how my mind reels. I want to point out that a friend of mine, who is very intelligent and well-educated, has described herself as a non-theist, and not an athesit. I don’t know why, because they don’t seem to be any different to me.
Then I found these articles:
http://evangelicalatheist.com/2005/11/16/science-and-magick/
http://the-goddess.org/blog/2005/11/evangelical-atheist-science-and-magick.html
http://www.the-brights.net/
Part 2:
After reading these, I got sorta confused, and had to do some thinking, and i came to some conclusions, and came back to read some more.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_entanglement
http://www.barbelith.com/topic.php?id=11947
I was not able to finish the second link because it has two pages, and about 4 peer-reviewed-like responses on it, and it made my brain a little too squishy for one sitting.
Anyway, the more I read, the more I might have found something to support something about magick. More to come.
Meanwhile, read the funny version of everything above:
http://dresdencodak.com/
