I basically agree with this and believe there are many other 'religious movements' at large in the nation. When a group lets passion and blind beliefs defeat reason and any evidence to the contrary, when they refuse to have doubts I call it a religion and current examples are the anti gun people and the pro gun people, vegans, animal rights folks, the far right and the far left, the entrenched scientific community and many others. These simply refuse to consider any idea that counters their faith. The arrogant dismissal of any other point of view is their common trait. We are infested with evangelicals of many colors.
I'm afraid if your definition of religion is so broad as to include bowling leagues, chess clubs and sports teams, your definition has become pretty meaningless. Humans are capable of becoming so emotionally invested in a topic that they're beyond reason, but that doesn't make them religious. Religion has a very specific, targeted meaning with regard to gods and divine matters.
Thank you. I've come to think that progress's greatest enemies are the old guard of every field who have made their careers out of old, possibly disproved ideas and in self interest refuse new information.
I basically agree with this and believe there are many other 'religious movements' at large in the nation. When a group lets passion and blind beliefs defeat reason and any evidence to the contrary, when they refuse to have doubts I call it a religion and current examples are the anti gun people and the pro gun people, vegans, animal rights folks, the far right and the far left, the entrenched scientific community and many others. These simply refuse to consider any idea that counters their faith. The arrogant dismissal of any other point of view is their common trait. We are infested with evangelicals of many colors.
I'm afraid if your definition of religion is so broad as to include bowling leagues, chess clubs and sports teams, your definition has become pretty meaningless. Humans are capable of becoming so emotionally invested in a topic that they're beyond reason, but that doesn't make them religious. Religion has a very specific, targeted meaning with regard to gods and divine matters.
I'm am using this term to represent a shall we say religious way of thinking. And I don't believe any gods are needed for this mindset.
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