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Old 07-26-06, 15:06   #58 (permalink)
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bobcat
"a set of attitudes, beliefs, and practices pertaining to supernatural power."

While there may be several textbook definitions of a word, the accepted use of a word trumps all that (accepted version of definition, that is). Generally, in the english language, religion as a word is used to infer the above quoted definition.
Generelly, yes, but I think it's correct to refer to the original meaning of a word, if this is clearly stated.

Anyway, the above definiton would also work, I guess:

define (
   attitudes = empty set,
    beliefs = empty set,
    practices = "eating the holy mushroom",
);

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