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> " The worship of many Hummingbirds without denying the existence of other Hummingbirds"
In this hypothetical situation, a hummingbird is evidently a God (as it is being worshipped).
themilum wrote:
> A word which underscores a great tolerance for the stupid, wild, and crazy beliefs of other people's gods.
That reminds me of the Devil's Dictionary's definition of scriptute:
SCRIPTURES, n.
The sacred books of our holy religion, as distinguished from the false and profane writings on which all other faiths are based.
Back to BranShea's principal objection:
> The second part of it seems to be irrelevant.
Well, I believe that when most religions say "this is God", they mean that their next-door neighbour's second cousin is not God. Sometimes, they are specific, "this is the one true God, and there are no other Gods".
However, some religions are happy (or perhaps they don't care) to have other Gods - not to be worshipped (this distinguishes the word I seek from the secondary meaning of pantheism), but to be tolerated.
> (This is about language, not religion)
True. It is about words used to describe types of religions.
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