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If you define religion to include all possible religions, even those that have few adherents, or those that have disappeared or even those not yet created, that
by notmyjob 1y ago
If you define religion to include all possible religions, even those that have few adherents, or those that have disappeared or even those not yet created, that’s not a very useful definition. I use “religion” like most people, to refer to Abrahamic religions and large eastern religions like Buddhism, Taoism, Hinduism, etc
- kelseyfrog 1y agoI just mean religion in the usual sense. I've never seen the word used as a metonym until now.
- notmyjob 1y agoI don’t think you are using it in the usual sense, as I stated, but maybe I just need an example of what you mean. I gave examples of what I think most people think of when they consider religion. Few people think of say, Athenians, to cite one of my own favorite out competed religions.