Have nothing to do with "religion".
Read the "Republic" Or the book by Pierre Hadot "Qu'est-ce que la philosophie antique?" ("What Is Ancient Philosophy?").
Have nothing to do with "religion".
Buddhism does not fit any definition of religion.
You can have your pet "religious" Buddhism in your imagination, but it has nothing to do with real Buddhism.Coëmgenu wrote: ↑Fri Mar 26, 2021 1:57 pm Well, I think that's wrong. You can have a pet Buddhism that is personally yours that you don't consider a religion, but Buddhists everywhere in real Buddhist societies practicing real world Buddhism practice the religion of Buddhism. I put the two definitions from Merriam-Webster I brought forward before behind this assertion.
Kindly please desist in moving the goalposts. You said that no one would even be able to find so much as a dictionary defintion of religion that applies to Buddhism. You were wrong.sphairos wrote: ↑Fri Mar 26, 2021 2:19 pmYou didn't provide any (real, scientific) definition of religion. What you provided is some nonsense, "religion" is "religious", and "everything is religion". You will be able to come up with a well-informed scholarly definition of religion after having studied these works:
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Otherwise, please, provide the definition. But not nonsense from some English dictionary.
No, you failed miserably, as I predicted. I have BA and MA in Religious studies and know what I am talking about, unlike you.Coëmgenu wrote: ↑Fri Mar 26, 2021 2:23 pmKindly please desist in moving the goalposts. You said that no one would even be able to find so much as a dictionary defintion of religion that applies to Buddhism. You were wrong.sphairos wrote: ↑Fri Mar 26, 2021 2:19 pmYou didn't provide any (real, scientific) definition of religion. What you provided is some nonsense, "religion" is "religious", and "everything is religion". You will be able to come up with a well-informed scholarly definition of religion after having studied these works:
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Otherwise, please, provide the definition. But not nonsense from some English dictionary.
Like I said and predicted, you failed miserably. I explained why in that thread.Coëmgenu wrote: ↑Fri Mar 26, 2021 2:26 pm I disagree. Here is the thread where you requested dictionary entries before you turn around here and said people can do better than giving you dictionary entries:
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You should keep your story straight. You asked for dictionary entries, and then complained when I gave you that.
See my explanation in that thread and the previous post.Coëmgenu wrote: ↑Fri Mar 26, 2021 2:29 pm I don't think it's a very valid response. Are you going to address the fact that you asked for dictionary entries and then turned around and said that your interlocutors can do better than give you dictionary definitions? You wanted the dictionary until it disagreed with you, then it was suddenly nonsense.
Why buddhism is not religion? Is it because of no god, no prayers, no priests? Is it something about rituals? Can't it be a religion just because it explains human existence?