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Old 02-17-2019, 09:25 PM   #12
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Default Re: Defining Religion

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Originally Posted by ZNPaaneah View Post
My understanding is that every society has a religion but they don't all have one God. I think it is critical for society to have religion because that is how we learn to live in a society. On the other hand the very sparse references to religion in the Bible do not seem to include any reference to God.

They do refer to Judaism as "their religion" but Judaism is also where the Jews are taught how to live in their society.
There's enough religion in the world for people to hate each other, but not enough for them to love each other.
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