><From Merriam-Webster: Religion: A cause, principle, or belief held to
>with
>>faith and ardor.
>
>How old is your dictionary? Any published in the last 20 years is
>contaminated by new-age philosophy and (can't think of the word - the
>dumbing down of America).
>
>The KJV of Dictionaries, Webster's Seventh New Collegiate, pub 1969 lists
>your definition as (only) 4th. Not a very strong case.
>
>billwald@juno.com
I get this definition quoted to me about twice a year. The first three
definitions are *always* deleted. Wonder why? :-) With *this* definition
not only is football religion, but so are my views on needlepoint.
Susan
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For if there is a sin against life, it consists not so much in despairing
of life as in hoping for another and in eluding the implacable grandeur of
this one.
--Albert Camus
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