bardicverse on 11 July 2008
| The_vagabond7 said: Viewpoint. Simply believing in a creator doesn't necessarily make one religious. Now if your belief in a creator leads to ritual observances, or you base your moral code and ethics on the teachings of this creator or his prophets or what have you, then it becomes religion. A viewpoint that does not contain or lay down any dogma is not a religion.
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Does it become religion or faith? Religion is a community of people sharing a faith, complete with an established structure of holy people (priests, shaman, etc). If your faith is yours alone, and not shared with a larger community, would it not just be faith, as opposed to religion? I think there are several differences that need to be noted between the two. As a Catholic of 20 something years and now a practicing Christian Druid, I can tell you there's a big difference. =)
