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Simpleism?, ...is that really a religion...?
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post May 30 2006, 07:41 PM
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My friend and I were talking the other day, and she said that there was a new religion called Simpleism or something, and it's for people who don't believe in all the complications of life. Or...something like that. It's like, for people who are...simple. blink.gif

Do you think it's a real "religion"? I think it's BS that my friend made up. _dry.gif
 
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post May 30 2006, 09:29 PM
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Sounds like BS to me.. and I don't think this is a debatable topic... I'm moving this to the lounge. If it appears to be debatable, feel free to PM me or another mod to return it to the debate forum.
 
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post May 30 2006, 09:48 PM
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if l. ron hubbard can create a religion called scientology, then who knows what can happen...

BTW, i think they already have that. it's called being amish.
 
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post May 30 2006, 09:49 PM
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Never heard of it.
 
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post May 31 2006, 03:24 PM
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Seems more like a philosophy than a religion.
 
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post May 31 2006, 04:54 PM
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Spelled like that, there's no way.
 
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post May 31 2006, 06:22 PM
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i think its more a way of life instead of a religion... are you worshiping something?? or living by a set of rules? wacko.gif
 
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post May 31 2006, 06:42 PM
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Sounds like another religion...gah. I can't remember what it is. But actually it's not a religion, it's a philosophy - as others mentioned. I highly doubt (as mentioned before again) that it's a religion. I think maybe...stoicism? pinch.gif
 
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post May 31 2006, 06:59 PM
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It is a philosophy, as is Confucianism.

There is no worship involved, only the observing of ideas behind the world.
 
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post May 31 2006, 07:08 PM
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Well it all depends on how you define religion. Religion's not a concrete word.

Merriam Webster Online Dictionary:
  1. a : the state of a religious <a nun in her 20th year of religion>
    b (1) : the service and worship of God or the supernatural. (2) : commitment or devotion to religious faith or observance
  2. a personal set or institutionalized system of religious attitudes, beliefs, and practices
  3. archaic : scrupulous conformity : CONSCIENTIOUSNESS
  4. a cause, principle, or system of beliefs held to with ardor and faith
The first three seem to lean more on our modern, more well-known definition of religion, but 4 is a bit iffy. Simpleism (if you can even put a name on it) could then be called a religion because it would then be a specific way of living life, something which you believe in and you have faith in, and be passionate about. You don't necessarily have to worship a higher figure.

Oh, and I Wikipedia'd it.

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Members of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) practice the Testimony of Simplicity, which is the simplifying of one's life in order to focus on things that are most important and disregard or avoid things that are least important.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simplicity
 
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post Jun 2 2006, 08:40 PM
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i'd be interested in that religion =S i think life is too complicated .. if anyone have any info on tha treligion be sure to let me know =)
 

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