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If I decide to worship the Sun, does that make me part of a religion?
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What constitutes a religion? If I decide of my own accord to say a few words in praise of the Sun at Sunrise and Sunset, does that make me part of a religion? I am aware that Sun worship is probably the oldest form of worship, but is it a religion?
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IIRC, for a religion to be "recognised" officially, at least in this country, it has to have a certain number of practising followers. Do you recall the campaign just before the last census to try to persuade people to list their religion as Jedi...?
IIRC, for a religion to be "recognised" officially, at least in this country, it has to have a certain number of practising followers. Do you recall the campaign just before the last census to try to persuade people to list their religion as Jedi...?
Yeah Mark, I heard about the Jedi thing, I think there were 15000 people in it or so.
I'm not sure what being a Pagan entails but I was just thinking that with Sun worship, you have actually got something tangible, something that you appreciate and with most people something that you enjoy. So why not show some appreciation toward It, just as an affirmation to yourself as respecting and appreciating something so wonderful and life giving, though not in the sense that It will judge you, should you not practice this rite.
I'm not sure what being a Pagan entails but I was just thinking that with Sun worship, you have actually got something tangible, something that you appreciate and with most people something that you enjoy. So why not show some appreciation toward It, just as an affirmation to yourself as respecting and appreciating something so wonderful and life giving, though not in the sense that It will judge you, should you not practice this rite.
Not from a rational perspective, but blind faith in a mythical creator god is at least understandable from a supernatural standpoint. Unless, of course, the OP doesn't accept our sun as nothing more than a bog-standard star among billions of other bog-standard stars in one of billions of galaxies, just as the ancient Zoroastrians didn't...
Mark, when I said "just as an affirmation to yourself as respecting and appreciating something so wonderful and life giving, though not in the sense that It will judge you" that is exactly what I meant. It does not know you worship it, nor will it grant you all that you desire. What I'm saying is that it is real, it gives us life, and it deserves our gratitude for that.
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