nsTeam2RO, nsTeam2RW, nsTeam2_talkRO, nsTeam2_talkRW
13,254
edits
Changes
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Line 41:
Line 41: + + +
→Definition and implications: It doesn't make any difference.
Additionally, Satanism as defined in [[Church of Satan]] is not a joke nor a parody anymore so than wicca is. The definitions and beliefs described there show a different approach than wicca to natural power and magic, but it is honestly believed by some. --[[User:Rutm|Rutm]] 11:19, 8 September 2007 (EDT)
Additionally, Satanism as defined in [[Church of Satan]] is not a joke nor a parody anymore so than wicca is. The definitions and beliefs described there show a different approach than wicca to natural power and magic, but it is honestly believed by some. --[[User:Rutm|Rutm]] 11:19, 8 September 2007 (EDT)
:I'm inclined to think that "morals, afterlife, or the supernatural" restricts the meaning too much, although I'm not sure. What does "core beliefs" cover that are not covered in those?
:Even by your definition, you can't exclude Atheism, because Atheism has a belief about the supernatural (that it doesn't exist), and their choices ''are'' based on this. If they think that there is no God to Whom they are answerable, they will make different choices than a Christian who believes that there ''is'' a God to Whom they are answerable. And of course the same applies for agnosticism. In fact, it is this point that makes agnosticism so similar to Atheism—the fact that their respective beliefs (no God vs. not knowing if there's a God) generally have the same outcome—that God is not a factor in their decisions.
:[[User:Philip J. Rayment|Philip J. Rayment]] 14:21, 8 September 2007 (EDT)