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Originally Posted by Russ
But you agree that for a religion to be legally classed as such then it needs to be recognised by the law, as opposed to an armchair-expert? As in the example of 'Jedi-ism' which has no legal status as a religion?
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For anything to be "legally classed" it ought to be assessed from a legal perspective - this is not a pre requisite unique to religion.
If someone comes up with and adheres to a faith based doctrine which they consider to be and define as a religion and which functions within the parameters of the law and if participants in that practice see some personal well-being benefit in same then good luck to them.
In the greater scheme of things if there is indeed a god I'm pretty sure he / she / it isn't too worried about the legal opinion of us mere mortals.
To my mind it's somewhat nonsensical to argue the finer points of religious / commercial law in an attempt to determine whether or not someones belief sets meet a benchmark comparable to ones own in order to justify calling those beliefs a religion.
I think Pierre hit it on the head when he mentioned religious snobbery.