Religion, human beings’ relation to that which they regard as holy, sacred, absolute, spiritual, divine, or worthy of especial reverence.
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reverence. If you notice there was a comma and the the word or after it as in ", or worthy of especial reverence." That means that it is not a requirement. If you read it correctly all of those are not required to be a religion just some of them hence the comma's and the word or. For Deism you can absolutely use "holy", "absolute", "spiritual" and "divine" which are 4 out of 6 a majority. Once again the use of the commas and the word or mean it does not have to be all, for that to be they would have used the word "and".
1a : the state of a religious a nun in her 20th year of religion
b(1) : the service and worship of God or the supernatural
(2) : commitment or devotion to religious faith or observance
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service
commitment or devotion to religious faith or observance
We can disregard service since it is part 1 of definition B, since there are 2 parts to part b that means they are different meanings and either would be correct. In part 2 of definition B we have "commitment or devotion to religious faith or observance". Once again we have the word "or" a couple of times in there so we can read it a couple of ways and be correct. "Commitment to a religious faith" or "devotion to a religious faith" or "devotion to a observance" or "commitment to a observance." It is safe to say the Deism is commitment to a religious faith.
a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, especially when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies, usually involving devotional and ritual observances, and often containing a moral code governing the conduct of human affairs.
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devotional and ritual observances, and often containing a moral code governing the conduct of human affairs.
For the whole thing I just need one word, usually as in "usually involving devotional and ritual observances, and often containing a moral code governing the conduct of human affairs." You left that part out. That means not all of the time and is not required but can include it.
What do you think makes something a creation myth and not a religion?
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