On Fri, 27 Jul 2001, Samantha Atkins wrote:
> Mike Lorrey wrote:
> >
> > Party of Citizens wrote:
> > >
> > > On Thu, 26 Jul 2001, Harvey Newstrom wrote:
> > >
> > > > > On Wed, 25 Jul 2001, Harvey Newstrom wrote:
> > > > > > I fear the day when people turn on Extropianism as a false religion.
> > > > >
> > > > > Is it then a TRUE religion?
> > > >
> > > > No. It is not a religion at all.
> > >
> > > Is it founded on truth...present and future? Does it stand for something
> > > other than truth? If so, what?
> >
> > Something founded on fact is not considered religion, since religion
> > relys on faith unsupported by any facts or testable phenomena.
>
> This is a meaningless criteria that has no logical necessity for
> determining what is and is not a religion.
That is what will tell you if Extropianism is a religion or not. What are
the criteria for a religion?
POC
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