How do you classify something as "religion?"?

Question

A lot of things in life are taken too much for granted that they have all slipped through the "being defined" process.

For example, religion.

What qualifies something as "religion," instead of "fact," "belief," "argument," "faith," or "theory?"

How would you define religion to either interpret evolution as a "religion", or not as a "religion?"

Answer 1

Generally speaking doesn't there have to be some sort of "worship" involved in a religion?

I've never heard of any one praying to Darwin. I would have to say evolution is not a "religion".

Religion is

a. Belief in and reverence for a supernatural power or powers regarded as creator and governor of the universe.

b. A personal or institutionalized system grounded in such belief and worship.


2. The life or condition of a person in a religious order.

3. A set of beliefs, values, and practices based on the teachings of a spiritual leader.

4. A cause, principle, or activity pursued with zeal or conscientious devotion.

Fact is:
1. Knowledge or information based on real occurrences: an account based on fact; a blur of fact and fancy.

2.
a. Something demonstrated to exist or known to have existed: Genetic engineering is now a fact. That Chaucer was a real person is an undisputed fact.

b. A real occurrence; an event: had to prove the facts of the case.

c. Something believed to be true or real: a document laced with mistaken facts.


3. A thing that has been done, especially a crime: an accessory before the fact.

4. Law The aspect of a case at law comprising events determined by evidence: The jury made a finding of fact.

Belief:
1. The mental act, condition, or habit of placing trust or confidence in another: My belief in you is as strong as ever.

2. Mental acceptance of and conviction in the truth, actuality, or validity of something: His explanation of what happened defies belief.

3. Something believed or accepted as true, especially a particular tenet or a body of tenets accepted by a group of persons.

Argument:
a. A discussion in which disagreement is expressed; a debate.

b. A quarrel; a dispute.

c. Archaic A reason or matter for dispute or contention: "sheath'd their swords for lack of argument" Shakespeare.


2.
a. A course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating truth or falsehood: presented a careful argument for extraterrestrial life.

b. A fact or statement put forth as proof or evidence; a reason: The current low mortgage rates are an argument for buying a house now.

c. A set of statements in which one follows logically as a conclusion from the others.


3.
a. A summary or short statement of the plot or subject of a literary work.

b. A topic; a subject: "You and love are still my argument" Shakespeare.


4. Logic The minor premise in a syllogism.

5. Mathematics
a. The independent variable of a function.

b. The angle of a complex number measured from the positive horizontal axis.


6. Computer Science A value used to evaluate a procedure or subroutine.

7. Linguistics In generative grammar, any of various positions occupied by a noun phrase in a sentence.

Faith:
1. Confident belief in the truth, value, or trustworthiness of a person, idea, or thing.

2. Belief that does not rest on logical proof or material evidence. See Synonyms at belief, trust.

3. Loyalty to a person or thing; allegiance: keeping faith with one's supporters.

4. often Faith Christianity The theological virtue defined as secure belief in God and a trusting acceptance of God's will.

5. The body of dogma of a religion: the Muslim faith.

6. A set of principles or beliefs.

Theory:
1. A set of statements or principles devised to explain a group of facts or phenomena, especially one that has been repeatedly tested or is widely accepted and can be used to make predictions about natural phenomena.

2. The branch of a science or art consisting of its explanatory statements, accepted principles, and methods of analysis, as opposed to practice: a fine musician who had never studied theory.

3. A set of theorems that constitute a systematic view of a branch of mathematics.

4. Abstract reasoning; speculation: a decision based on experience rather than theory.

5. A belief or principle that guides action or assists comprehension or judgment: staked out the house on the theory that criminals usually return to the scene of the crime.

6. An assumption based on limited information or knowledge; a conjecture.

Well they seem subjective to me!

Answer 2

What qualifies something as "religion," instead of "fact," "belief," "argument," "faith," or "theory?" ~ NONE

RELIG - ION = RELIGAR / PROCESS OF = RELIGION = AN ACTION OF BEEN TOGETHER -> 2 OR MORE IN THE SAME PLACE, NO MATTER THE MOTIVE.

How would you define religion to either interpret evolution as a "religion", or not as a "religion?" ~ NONE

GETTING TOGETHER WITH ONE OR MORE PERSON = IT IS TO RECOGNIZE OUR NATURE.

Answer 3

Rules. A religion has a set of rules that each member is expected to follow to the letter. A belief, I guess, is going by your own instincts and ethics. Right to you is right. And you look at all the angles. Where as the rules are cause=effect. The belief allows for exceptions to the rules.
Drawing on personal experience:
Wiccan-rules for everything (timing, colors, plannning)
free witchcraft-person has choices for all of that.

Answer 4

What you choose to believe. What you choose to follow. You may see it as ordained. I don't eat pork. Some Christians I know don't eat pork and ham. I dress modestly. Not against makeup and hair, a little glamour, a great style. I don't dress really conservatively but don't walk around half-naked most of the time like a stripper. I don't gamble, really, nor do I smoke or use drugs. Not against three glasses of wine at dinner, a couple TC3s when not feeling well, etc. I can accept marijuana use for medical and psychological reasons but nothing else.

Answer 5

Religion is composed of two things -- a set of beliefs, and the practices that derive from them. Evolution cannot be a religion, as there are no associated practices.

Answer 6

Religion is a set of dogmatic rules, and a fundamental belief in a higher power (or supernatural being) outside of the world...

Answer 7

I personally feel a relationship with Jesus , and my thoughts are that religion can easiest be defined as relationship tainted with man's own idea's so the Bible more readily conforms with man's own desires , makes him feel less guilty when spiritually he knows he's doing wrong

Answer 8

If you look in the what's new section on waypoint you'll find a picture with glyphs on it enter those glyphs in the correct order in the enter code screen to unlock the armour piece, you also have to complete the spartan ops level (on legendary) I think.

Answer 9

A cult with political power.

Answer 10

evolution cannot be a religion, because a religion requires a deity or deities.