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According to the Bible, Voodoo is not a religion.

TnopheliaTnophelia
edited 2011-03-12 15:35:07 in Philosophy
Discuss.

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  • RaddRadd
    Isn't it a cult?
  • TnopheliaTnophelia
    I don't think it is. I think it's an actual religion that people participate in.
  • KhwarizmiKhwarizmi
    Because you never know what you might see.
    Which passage of the Bible mentions Voodoo, a post-Christian religion which developed in the 1700s and is chiefly derived from Vodun, a religion from a completely different part of the world from where the Bible was written?
  • TnopheliaTnophelia
    None.
  • RaddRadd
    What part sets requirements to be considered a religion?
  • KhwarizmiKhwarizmi
    Because you never know what you might see.
    Does the Bible contain a list of such requirements?  I've never heard of them.
  • ChagenChagen
    [tɕagɛn]
    I'm pretty sure a religion is a mixture of philosophy and spiritualism, with a holy text written down somewhere and divine beings.
  • BobBob
    Silly, Voodoo isn't a religion.

    Vodou, on the other hand...
  • KhwarizmiKhwarizmi
    Because you never know what you might see.
    Actually, they're both religions, and both descended from Vodun with Christian influences.

    Vodou is the Haitian equivalent to New Orleans Voodoo.
  • GelzoGelzo
    edited 2011-03-12 19:11:02
    Pony Sleuth
    Religions don't require holy texts. There have been a large number of cultures that lack a writing system yet have a religion.
  • TnopheliaTnophelia
    Like most Native American cultures (I don't know what to call mine other than Pikuni, because we didn't name our beliefs or write them down, they were all oral)
  • GelzoGelzo
    Pony Sleuth
    ...you're Native American?
  • TnopheliaTnophelia
    Yup.
  • GelzoGelzo
    Pony Sleuth
    As I might have expected, there appear to be language preservation efforts for that tribe's language. Would you happen to know anything about that?
  • TnopheliaTnophelia
    edited 2011-03-13 14:34:28
    Yup, there are sites and books being written. The language has few words and adjectives so it's easy to put the entire language into a book. It's just agreeing on how to spell some of the words gets tiring, and most of them are really long, since sentences didn't use so many different avenues of wording or emphasis.

    So far we are having problems defining the word "Purple" because there are too many different ways to pronounce it/spell it.
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