Thinking a lot about the definition of "religion" in the first amendment. 2A antagonists spend a lot of time talking about how technological advances have made the original language ill-suited to modern contexts. I am thinking this is a more apt critique of 1A.
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I do recall a case in Minnesota in the late 90s (?) regarding some sort of conflict between an environmental group and an industrial interest. In some way, the industry's case hinged on their claim that the environmentalist opposition was /religious/; specifically of Deep Ecology
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I don't recall how that case specifically resolved, but I wonder if it might be some sort of harbinger for what fideistic conflict looks like in a United States where most groups bound by common belief are not religious in the traditional sense of common views of God.
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Many, like (say)
@JohnHMcWhorter, have identified "wokism" as a religion. Per some tweets by@pegobry a few years ago, I think that fits in the sense of fideism, and increasingly perhaps even in the richer sense of religionhttps://twitter.com/eigenrobot/status/1269534491757797376?s=19 …Show this thread -
I don't mean to argue about this on the merits, however, so much as consider what it would mean if Social Justice were treated as a religion.
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This is an entire separate thread, bookmarking for later. I am tired and want some dinner.
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Some Free Staters tried making their own but it didn't work
https://qz.com/524583/a-us-state-court-must-decide-is-this-godless-church-still-a-church/ …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Like everything else in this country, boils down to: Can you convince the judge?
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