From: "Andy" <as-AT-spelthorne.ac.uk>
Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 17:07:16 +0000
Subject: Is anarchism a religion?


I see 'is anarchism a religion?' is up for debate in one of those 
discussions organised by Freedom.

Generally a religious group is characterised by

~attendance at a place of worship to re-inforce belief [this list?]
~existence of sacred texts or doctrinal literature [Kropotkin et al?]
~adherence to a set of values implied in the holy texts [ecologist 
anarchs?]
~belief in a supernatural event [imminent revolution?]

Is this a theme that occurs from time to time? And are the above the 
sort of arguments that go round?




_as