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  1. pseudoreligionnoun

    Non-mainstream belief or philosophy with certain aspects of religion (a founder, a principal text, faith-based beliefs, etc.).

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  1. Pseudoreligion

    Pseudoreligion or pseudotheology is a pejorative for a non-mainstream belief-system or philosophy which is functionally similar to a religious movement, typically having a founder, principal text, liturgy and faith-based beliefs. Belief systems such as Theosophy, corporate Kabbalism, Christian Science, Scientology, Wahhabism, Salafism and the Nation of Islam have all been referred to as pseudoreligions, as have various New Age religions, as well as political ideologies such as Nazism and Positive Christianity. Within the academic debate, political ideologies that resemble religion are sometimes referred to as political religions. Examples of marginal movements with founding figures, liturgies and recently invented traditions that have been studied as legitimate social practices include various New Age movements, and millennaristic movements such as the Ghost Dance and South Pacific cargo cults.

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  1. Pseudoreligion

    Pseudoreligion refers to a belief system or ideology that closely resembles a religion, but lacks certain key elements typically associated with a mainstream or established religion. Pseudoreligions often borrow ideas, symbols, rituals, or doctrines from existing religions, and may incorporate elements of spirituality, worship, or a higher power. However, they tend to lack the historical or cultural underpinnings, institutional structures, organized clergy, or widespread following that define traditional religions. Pseudoreligions often emerge as alternative or unorthodox spiritual movements, or as syncretic combinations of different religious or spiritual beliefs.

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  1. Pseudoreligion

    Pseudoreligion, or pseudotheology, is a generally pejorative term applied to a non-mainstream belief system or philosophy which is functionally similar to a religious movement, typically having a founder, principal text, liturgy and faith-based beliefs. Belief systems such as Theosophy, corporate Kabbalism, Christian Science, and the Nation of Islam have all been referred to as pseudoreligions, as have various New Age religions, as well as political ideologies such as Nazism. Within the academic debate, ideologies that resemble religion are sometimes referred to as political religions. While the more serious-minded participants in these groups may prefer to consider themselves part of a proper religion, or not part of a religion at all, the mainstream ascribes to them a fringe status. Such groups as the Raëlian Church and Heaven's Gate, seen as dangerous, exploitative, secretive, or closed, have been classified as pseudoreligious cults. Others may begin as splinters or hold-overs from traditional religions based in Apocryphal or Pseudepigraphical writings not accepted within the originating religion. James Carmine, chair of Carlow University's philosophy department, proposes a three-pronged test to distinguish "authentic" religions from pseudoreligions:

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Pseudoreligion in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Pseudoreligion in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7


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