Talk:Conreligion

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I'm going to change the second sentence of Henotheism from "The difference between henotheism and monolatrism is that henotheists seem not to believe that the non-worshipped gods have no power on those who don't believe in them." to "The difference between henotheism and monolatrism is that henotheists seem believe that the non-worshipped gods have power on those who don't believe in them." I got rid of the double negative. If I have misinterpreted it, then please try to clarify it, as it is very hard to understand. Ydirbut 19:36, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ancestor Worship

It seems to me that it lacks ancestor worship as one of the religion types. As I know literally nothing about that type of religion, would someone more knowledgable than I please create it. Ydirbut 19:39, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Agnosticism

The description of Agnosticism is totally incorrect. It starts with: "When a people believe there is a higher power ..." Unfortunately this is not Agnosticism. According to the American Heritage Dictionary (2000), Agnosticism is:

* 1. The doctrine that certainty about first principles or absolute truth is unattainable and that only perceptual phenomena are objects of exact knowledge.
* 2. The belief that there can be no proof either that God exists or that God does not exist.

And Encarta Dictionary (2005) has simply:

* View that God’s existence is unprovable: the belief that it is impossible to know whether or not God exists

The presupposition that a deity exists, as in the definition provided here, is incorrect. Agnostics neither assume that a deity exists, nor do they assume that one does not. So the rest of the definition simply doesn't apply. A simpler and far more accurate definition of Agnositicism would be: "Belief that no deity's existence can be known for certain." Also, I should note that the idea that believing a deity requires having "set rules" for it/him/her, is equally erroneous. There are religions which believe in deities, but which accept a certain amount of subjectivity; for instance, the classical Gnostics, and their forerunners in the Greco-Roman mystery-religions.

PsiCop 02:00, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

As nobody is taking any initiative, I'll go ahead and change it myself. --Ajallan 17:18, 31 October 2007 (UTC)