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From: chrislee@netcom.com (Christopher A. Lee)
Subject: Re: Is Religion Necessarily Political?  (whas:The function of religion
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Date: Sun, 4 Dec 1994 15:00:32 GMT
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In article <jimwD09vow.Du6@netcom.com> jimw@netcom.com (Jim Whitaker) writes:
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>: 3. Is there any religion without gurus/priests/(people who *know*),  
>: without organization, without power, without destruction, without  
>: suppression of "heretics",...please name one.
>
>Atheism.  Agnosticism.  Many branches of Buddhism.

Except that atheism and agnosticism aren't religions.

They may or may not be properties of religions or ideologies but are
meta-concepts a level removed from religion.

Buddhism is however a religion, some sects of which are atheistic.

Chris
