Flirting With Relevance

There seems to be some confusion between the concepts of belief, faith and religion.

Belief is just that. It’s what we believe, politically, religiously and otherwise philosophically. Faith is what allows you to believe that which cannot be proven. Again, it is not necessarily a matter of any god or gods.

Religion is a system of beliefs, usually but not necessarily taken on faith. More than that, a religion is a codified version of such beliefs that has been agreed upon by more than one person, as well as the body of people who agree upon those beliefs. A religion is not the god or gods that the believers worship. It is only the collective agreement of those who believe in a common thing.

Today is the 200th anniversary of the birth of the founder of the modern life sciences as we know them! Go ahead and celebrate your opposable thumbs!

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