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Quebec passes secularism law banning street prayers and prayer rooms in universities (www.ctvnews.ca)
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[–] -1 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Fresh from the Oxford Dictionary ;

  • a strong feeling that something/somebody exists or is true; confidence that something/somebody is good or right
  • an opinion about something; something that you think is true

But please be my guest and educate me.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago (1 child)

    And you believe this definition to be true?

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  • [–] -1 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Nope. I don’t need to believe in them, they just are. Produced by persons undoubtedly smarter than I am.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago (1 child)

    So you trust this definition because experts have told you it is so?

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  • [–] -1 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    How are agreed upon definitions remotely similar to religious beliefs ?

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago

    Religious beliefs are agreed upon systems of opinions about philosophy. Definitions are agreed upon opinions of what words mean.

    Both were constructed by humans to better understand and communicate about our world and our place in it.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago (1 child)

    So... quantum gravity theory, string theory, unified field theory, big bang theory, big crunch theory, and dark matter/dark energy are all beliefs then and in your opinion should therefore be banned?

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  • [–] -1 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Those are a tad further than opinions and feelings I suspect. And also are absolutely unrelated to how religions are generating suffering and should be abolished.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago

    I suspect

    Well you might want to do more than just "suspect," because according to the definition of "belief" that you provided, those are still beliefs.

    Also, the majority of suffering being "generated by religion" are due to religions trying to force their worldview and set of beliefs on others, which is precisely what you are trying to do.

    In other words, the suffering is caused because they want to eliminate people who have a different set of beliefs from their own. Again, which is exactly what you're attempting to do.

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