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Re:Plato at the Googleplex: Why Philosophy Won't Go Away by ZainRiz on Friday November 20, 2020 @02:13PM (#25163798)
> In most languages, "religion" will imply an ordered belief in a supernatural entity and set of accompanying practices.

Rather, in modern, western English we consider "religion" to mean that. Islam for examples uses the word 'Deen', the meaning of it includes how you looked at the world and your entire way of life.

Deen means basically exactly the stuff you say religion is not a synonym for :)

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Re:Plato at the Googleplex: Why Philosophy Won't Go Away by mannykannot on Saturday November 21, 2020 @08:43AM (#25169687)
If Deen - or any other concept - posits one or more dieties as creators of the universe, then atheism is explicitly not the same; on the other hand, if it does not, then it is irrelevant to the claim that atheism is a religion.
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