On 26 Nov 2000, 10:46, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I have a request. I am looking for an informative website that lists
> the religions of the world, and has a smidgeon of info on each re their
> beliefs, the ties that bind, etc.
First, you might mosey into About.com. There are several avenues to
your research that can be found there:
http://christianity.about.com/religion/christianity/cs/
worldreligions/index.htm
http://teenadvice.about.com/teens/teenadvice/cs/religion/index.htm
http://altreligion.about.com/religion/altreligion/library/
blwtourindex.htm
Note: All above URLs are actually one continuous line and should be
entered into your browser's address box as one line.
~~
Here is good site, in case you missed it during the About.com research:
"Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance"
http://www.religioustolerance.org/
> Also, what is a militant agnostic? (below the sticker is a sentence
> that says, "I DON'T KNOW AND NEITHER DO YOU."
Let's break our definitions down. I make use here of Merriam-Webster
<http://www.m-w.com/>:
(1) Agnostic
Main Entry: 1ag�nos�tic
Pronunciation: ag-'n�s-tik, &g-
Function: noun
Etymology: Greek agnOstos unknown, unknowable, from a- + gnOstos known,
from gignOskein to know -- more at KNOW
Date: 1869
: a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (as God) is
unknown and prob. unknowable; broadly : one who is not committed to
believing in either the existence or the nonexistence of God or a god
(2) Militant
Main Entry: mil�i�tant
Pronunciation: -t&nt
Function: adjective
Date: 15th century
1 : engaged in warfare or combat : FIGHTING
2 : aggressively active (as in a cause) : COMBATIVE <militant
conservationists> <a militant attitude>
synonym see AGGRESSIVE
...and then...to get the joke underneath, we look up the following word:
(3) Oxymoron
Main Entry: ox�y�mo�ron
Pronunciation: "�k-si-'mOr-"�n, -'mor-
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural ox�y�mo�ra /-'mOr-&, -'mor-/
Etymology: Late Greek oxymOron, from neuter of oxymOros pointedly
foolish, from Greek oxys sharp, keen + mOros foolish
Date: 1657
: a combination of contradictory or incongruous words (as in "cruel
kindness")
Hope that helps. :-)
Alan
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