Comments on: In Defense of Religion http://www.thomasumstattd.com/2008/03/in-defense-of-religion/ An unusual perspective on religion, politics and life. Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:27:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Brian http://www.thomasumstattd.com/2008/03/in-defense-of-religion/comment-page-1/#comment-245 Brian Fri, 14 Mar 2008 21:53:40 +0000 http://www.CompuChristian.com/?p=93#comment-245 Well, Thomas. I had a beautiful short post that talked about the Greek origins of the word religion that you referenced, but my wireless Internet went zap just as I clicked submit, so I guess that I'll just say this: The two Greeks words translated "religion" are not directly what we associate with monotonous procedure. They imply more of "fear" or worship. source: http://www.blueletterbible.org/ (I'm too lazy to track the words down again, sorry.) If religion=monotonous procedure, Christianity not = religion; If religion = obedience, Christianity = religion. So, I agree. >Brian Well, Thomas. I had a beautiful short post that talked about the Greek origins of the word religion that you referenced, but my wireless Internet went zap just as I clicked submit, so I guess that I’ll just say this:

The two Greeks words translated “religion” are not directly what we associate with monotonous procedure. They imply more of “fear” or worship.
source: http://www.blueletterbible.org/ (I’m too lazy to track the words down again, sorry.)

If religion=monotonous procedure, Christianity not = religion; If religion = obedience, Christianity = religion.

So, I agree.

>Brian

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