Religion pt4

Q: What do you call it when a pirate publishes his thoughts on the internet?

A: A "blarg"

Hehehe, sorry, couldn't resist. I guess the real question is, "Is his blarging an act of worship???" Hey, its your word, not mine!!!! I just thought we should have a little fun with it!

Alright, so I think we should attempt another definition exempting the words “worship” and “presupposition”. Here is my next shot:
Religion is “a commitment to a set of beliefs concerning the nature of reality that both informs and influences one's life experiences.”

So we can agree to “a set of beliefs” I think, now we approach what those set of beliefs is about. I think that we might be able to agree that the set of beliefs is about “the nature of reality”. Whether Christian, naturalist, atheist, or Buddhist, our beliefs are about what we think exists and runs throughout reality, including its origin and meaning.

The third phrase is still tentative to me. The wording is still awkward. What I am trying to say is that those beliefs (about reality) then manifest themselves through how we live our lives. Much of what we do is a result of these beliefs. And so for each belief system, their lifestyles “live out” what their beliefs are. These “manifestations” of belief are obviously very diverse, according to the belief system, and yet one thing is consistent, and that is that each is a result of what they believe.

So what think ye?

P.S. I will post later my responses to your previous blog, but we are preparing for company so time does not permit. They were great comments and are deserving of response. And though it might eventually become irrelevant to our topic at hand they are all subjects that we will certainly hit upon later, so they are worthy of further discussion.

Have a great one!