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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread religions #179304 09/27/08 03:23 PM Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 1 D dennisaholtz OP stranger OP dennisaholtz stranger D Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 1 Is there a word or term for a religion without a hierarchy or a holy text? How would you describe Buddhism or Quakerism? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: religions dennisaholtz #179305 09/27/08 03:54 PM Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh Buddhism is sometimes called nontheistic. Seems to hold for Quakers, too (link).  Quote: By nontheistic Quakers, I mean those Friends, members and attenders, whose religious perspective depends minimally on the supernatural. Several recent surveys have shown that many who might variously be described as Nontheists, Agnostics, Religious Humanists, Non-Realists, Atheists, and/or Post-Christians have been attracted to Quakerism in Britain, and there is ample anecdotal evidence of the same trend in unprogrammed Meetings in North America. I usually put down adogmatic nontheist or secular humanist when asked for my religion, though lately I've been considering myself at some unnamed location between nontheism and transtheism. Ceci n'est pas un seing. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: religions dennisaholtz #179312 09/28/08 12:03 AM Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,067 Tasmania The Pook old hand The Pook old hand Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,067 Tasmania There are many kinds of Buddhism and at least five different kinds of Quakerism, ranging from Evangelical, 'bible-believing' Quakers who, along with their founder George Fox, see the 'Inner Light' that is at the centre of their religion as the Christ of the bible, to (at the other end of the spectrum) Quakers who are practically indistinguishable from Eastern mystics in the traditions of Hinduism and Buddhism. Buddhism is NOT a religion without dogma, hierarchies and scriptures. Nor is Hinduism. Probably the only religions without scriptures or regulatory documents of some kind are animistic ones. Even Evolutionism has 'The Origin of Species' as its founding scripture! And even animism has some hierarchical content. Nor is most Buddhism non-theistic. Some Buddhists will say that "pure" Buddhism is atheistic, but pure Buddhism hardly exists anywhere. Most folk Buddhists worship idols of golden statues and offer sacrifices to spiritual beings they generally call gods. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: religions The Pook #179345 09/29/08 07:06 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 B belMarduk Carpal Tunnel belMarduk Carpal Tunnel B Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 Are there still places that ask to know your religion? I've not seen that on a form in some 20 years. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: religions belMarduk #179358 09/30/08 05:20 AM Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,067 Tasmania The Pook old hand The Pook old hand Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,067 Tasmania You mean when applying for a Visa or similar entry documents? I don't know, but I imagine there would be several countries that still ask that. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,316 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 679 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 30 A C Bowden 13 LukeJavan8 1 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 tsuwm 10,542 wofahulicodoc 10,533 LukeJavan8 9,916 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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