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Bible Note: Colin, respectfully I submit that Christianity is a religion and it is, I fully believe, the true religion; whereas, the cult known as the Jehovah's Witnesses is, in my view, one of the many false religions that exist in the world. John Calvin's magnum opus, "The Institutes of the Christian Religion" is not misnamed. Now and again I hear someone disavow that Christianity is a religion, and I've read it several times on this forum; yours is not the first. I don't know who put it into people's heads that Christianity is not a religion. It easily fits both the first and second definitions of 'religion' that appear in Webster's Collegiate, viz., (1) the service and worship of God, and (2) commitment or devotion to religious faith or observance. Colin, I don't ask you to defer to me on this because I majored in English in school but because I'm right! And I do ask you to defer to Merriam- Webster who majored in words :-) By the way, if Christianity is not a religion, then what is it? ..... My guess is that those who put the taboo on calling Christianity a religion may be doing so because they are confusing the word 'religion' with 'religiosity' and 'religious' with 'religiose.' 'Religiosity' and 'religiose' do carry a shade of meaning that is characterized by excessive religious sentimentality or obtrusiveness, having much the same relationship to religion as piety does to humility. --Hank |