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99% of religious membership is based upon birth. Every Muslim would be a Jew had they been born to Jewish instead of Muslim parents. And vice versa. It's true for every religion. Every organized religion on earth would disappear within one generation if membership was not passed on through birth.
FWIW you may find the newpoll feature [1] useful for this. It requires a 200+ karma which you have. [1] - https://news.ycombinator.com/newpoll
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You're the one not realizing, it's that final belief that makes it a religion, that other shit you mention isn't religion, it's just world view and lifestyle neither of which are traits unique to religion. "How to live life" is not religion.
The nuance is some morals came from religion but live on in agnostic people.
1. Origins of the cosmos and, specifically, homo sapiens 2. Existence (or not) and nature of super-human sentient beings, their character and agency 3. What happens after death 4. Some root cause of all problems faced by individuals, tribes, nations, and humanity 5. Prescribed and proscribed behaviors that eliminate the root cause of problems
This description covers, to my knowledge, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism, all in their many varieties.
Inasmuch as I have my own answers to these questions, then by my own definition I'm religious, though I am not backed by a state-spnsored institution :)
My path is best described as Buddhist, without reincarnation or supernatural "devas" that were syncretically added even as Sidhhata Gotoma's dead body was still warm.
Grew up with many Christian friends but saw most of them outgrow it and become proud heretics.
I can believe there might be higher powers, but I wouldn't call them dieties.
I hope one day we can invent better and more ethical AI gods.
FWIW you may find the newpoll feature [1] useful for this. It requires a 200+ karma which you have. [1] - https://news.ycombinator.com/newpoll
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36056602
Let me know if I should rerun it, or ask the mods :)
Earlier quoted context omitted.
You're the one not realizing, it's that final belief that makes it a religion, that other shit you mention isn't religion, it's just world view and lifestyle neither of which are traits unique to religion. "How to live life" is not religion.
The nuance is some morals came from religion but live on in agnostic people.