Re: Constructed Religions
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, January 4, 1999, 1:19 |
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Kristian Jensen wrote:
> That's not the impression I get when I read the literatures where
> the term "spirits" are used instead (of course, depending on the
> exact details).
Well, it depends on which culture is being referred to. In some, such
entities are translated as gods, and others translate them as spirits.
"God" is a rather ill-defined term, however, since many cultures have
gods (or words glossed as gods, that is) that were born mortal.
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