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Idle: File-Sharing Is Not a Religion, Says Swedish Government

Posted by timothy on from the more-of-an-ethos-or-perhaps-a-lifestyle dept.

Dangerous_Minds writes "ZeroPaid is reporting on an attempt in Sweden to recognize filesharing as a religion. The religion's website calls this 'Kopimism' and says that sharing of knowledge is sacred. Apparently, Swedish authorities were not convinced. A recent report shows that the attempt failed to convince the authorities to recognize Kopimism as a religion."

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  1. Re:there is no way to disprove a person's religion by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    Well asking for that is a bit of a catch 22. It's kind of like trying to be President of the USA and be an atheist. It's not that it can't happen, it's that the majority of people wont allow it to happen (or at least hasn't). A mental health professional who could make such a claim is likely to not be in the profession much longer.

    Right, it's a big conspiracy and only Slashdotters can see the truth, nevermind that most researchers are not religious and have no especial interest in religion.

    But when you really get down to it - is faith any different than believing in any other supernatural item?

    The debate of belief and disbelief in God is a key part of the Western philosophical tradition. Philosophy of religion is a well-established field at the most respected universities and both theists and atheists are maintain inquiry and dialogue. Even if atheist philosophers feel there are weaknesses in certain claims by their theist colleagues, they don't make accusations of mental illness and draw risible comparisons to belief in Santa, and the dialogue goes on.