Re: What is religion (was Re: Religion and social capital)

2005-06-30 Thread Leonard Matusik
Tue, 28 Jun 2005 20:16:13 -0400 Maru Dubshinki wrote: >on Wed, 29 Jun 2005 00:20:49 +0100 William Goodall wrote: >>On 27 Jun 2005, at 5:49 am, Warren Ockrassa wrote: >>> >>>Though there are correlates. Loosely, the Kama Sutra and the >>>Christian sacrament/communion can fall into those cat

What is religion (was Re: Religion and social capital)

2005-06-28 Thread Maru Dubshinki
On 6/28/05, William T Goodall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think the Christian sacrament is more like ca-nibble-ism because > those wafers are really tiny :) > > It would be a whole lot more fun if they transubstantiated some nice > BBQ... > > -- > William T Goodall You think far too small, my

Re: What is religion (was Re: Religion and social capital)

2005-06-28 Thread William T Goodall
On 27 Jun 2005, at 5:49 am, Warren Ockrassa wrote: Though there are correlates. Loosely, the Kama Sutra and the Christian sacrament/communion can fall into those categories. One is sex for the purpose of interaction with deity; the other is ritual deicide/cannibalism. Eat the enemy to ge

Re: What is religion (was Re: Religion and social capital)

2005-06-28 Thread William T Goodall
On 27 Jun 2005, at 5:49 am, Warren Ockrassa wrote: This seems overcomplicated. I think a simpler explanation of religion is twofold: 1. People who have had some experience of something beyond normal experience: The numinous, the unexpected, the apparently divine or miraculous, because it

Re: What is religion (was Re: Religion and social capital)

2005-06-27 Thread Robert Seeberger
Warren Ockrassa wrote: > > Though there are correlates. Loosely, the Kama Sutra and the > Christian > sacrament/communion can fall into those categories. One is sex for > the > purpose of interaction with deity; the other is ritual > deicide/cannibalism. Eat the enemy to get his power; eat the go

Re: What is religion (was Re: Religion and social capital)

2005-06-27 Thread Nick Arnett
On Sun, 26 Jun 2005 21:49:58 -0700, Warren Ockrassa wrote > Though there are correlates. Loosely, the Kama Sutra and the > Christian sacrament/communion can fall into those categories. One is > sex for the purpose of interaction with deity; the other is ritual > deicide/cannibalism. Eat the ene

Re: What is religion (was Re: Religion and social capital)

2005-06-27 Thread William T Goodall
On 27 Jun 2005, at 5:49 am, Warren Ockrassa wrote: On Jun 26, 2005, at 10:28 AM, William T Goodall wrote: On 25 Jun 2005, at 12:36 pm, Andrew Paul wrote: The question I want answered is what is religion. (apart from evil of course) The first thing to note is that there is no single si

Re: What is religion (was Re: Religion and social capital)

2005-06-26 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On Jun 26, 2005, at 10:28 AM, William T Goodall wrote: On 25 Jun 2005, at 12:36 pm, Andrew Paul wrote: The question I want answered is what is religion. (apart from evil of course) The first thing to note is that there is no single simple identifier of religion (even obvious candidates lik

What is religion (was Re: Religion and social capital)

2005-06-26 Thread William T Goodall
On 25 Jun 2005, at 12:36 pm, Andrew Paul wrote: The question I want answered is what is religion. (apart from evil of course) The first thing to note is that there is no single simple identifier of religion (even obvious candidates like human sacrifice or temple prostitution are not uni