The idea of religion in my mind is closer to the Durkheimian view that religion centers around the idea of sacredness, which literally means "something set apart for a particular purpose."
In that sense, even atheists are religious, in that, atheists do hold certain things as "sacred" things set apart from the average mundane and what's called profane by scholars of religion like Rudolf Otto, Carl Jung and Mircea Eliade. — h060tu
Treating something as sacred is to establish value. You can value things without being religious. The mark of religion is a definable institution such as a church and people associating with each other. — jacksonsprat22
Buddhism isn't a defined institution. Neither is Christianity really. Only a couple of Churches are actually institutions, the rest of them are all over the place. — h060tu
Missing your point. A church, by definition, is an institution. — jacksonsprat22
Treating something as sacred is to establish value. You can value things without being religious. The mark of religion is a definable institution such as a church and people associating with each other.
— jacksonsprat22
Durkheim wouldn't agree. — h060tu
The idea of religion in my mind is closer to the Durkheimian view that religion centers around the idea of sacredness, which literally means "something set apart for a particular purpose." — h060tu
the ideas that cannot be properly explained, inspire awe and are considered worthy of spiritual respect or devotion
Somethings are upheld by a cult as "sacred" (set apart) that are not under the same perview and general skepticism of other beliefs.
Religious social facts are necessary not open to review because they are by nature inexplicable — praxis
"a unified system of beliefs and practices relative to sacred things, i.e., things set apart and forbidden—beliefs and practices which unite in one single moral community called a Church, all those who adhere to them."
I’m not sure how you get that sacredness “literally” means that. That, of course, is not what it means, much less literally means. I assume that’s one sense of it that you got from a dictionary. — praxis
The ultimate authority is the Oligarchy, which runs secular institutions. — h060tu
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