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Religion vs. Mythology

Is there some policy somewhere that determines what Wikipedia refers to as a religion vs. what it calls a mythology? Given that some view labeling a religion as a mythology pejorative it seems like either all or none on this list should labeled as such. Sxoa ( talk) 17:12, 8 May 2012 (UTC) reply

Happy Hunting Grounds

Can someone please add happy hunting ground? Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.110.227.98 ( talk) 18:25, 25 August 2008 (UTC) reply

Order

I'm just curious about the order of this template. It seems odd that Christianity is first (surely Judaism should be placed before?). I would suggest we employ a chronological system, or a chronological system with monotheistic/Abrahamic and polytheistic groupings. Afterall, Christianity developed out of Judaism, it only seems sensible to put them in some kind of order of development. -- Oldak Quill 13:06, 31 July 2006 (UTC) reply

I agree. When I first created the template (or after some edits), the first row was 'Judeo-Christian', but someone deleted that reference altogether. Pictureuploader 16:04, 31 July 2006 (UTC) reply

New Jerusalem

Where's the New Jerusalem on this template? I'd add it myself, but I'm afraid I'd mess up the template. Ecto 06:24, 22 August 2006 (UTC) reply

I am sure it existed, but maybe it was removed. I concur to add it. Pictureuploader 07:08, 22 August 2006 (UTC) reply
Hmmm...looking at the history, a user deleted the link because the New Jerusalem "isn't heaven". I don't know about that. It's pretty much Heaven on Earth--literally. We should include it in the template because, even though it's not Heaven strictly speaking, it's close enough, and at least closer than a lot of the other articles linked to by the template, especially the ones listed under "other cultures". It's a bit much to lump all these ideas together under the title heaven, because Heaven is uniquely Christian, and imposing that name on such different concepts not only pushes a Christian frame on other religions, but it also takes something away from Christianity. I mean, these are not just different words for the same conception of an ideal afterlife, nor should heaven be used as a general term for all conceptions of an ideal afterlife. Anyway, I'll see what I can do about including the New Jerusalem. Ecto 19:39, 22 August 2006 (UTC) reply
The generic conept of Heaven is not only Christian, and you will often find Golden Age, Arcadia etc mentioned next to the concept of Heaven. Pictureuploader 21:21, 23 August 2006 (UTC) reply

Disambiguate Germanic mythology

The link in this template for Germanic points to a disambiguation page. Would someone be so kind to find the more appropriate page to which to wikilink. Thx. -- billinghurst ( talk) 14:31, 3 October 2008 (UTC) reply

Rainbow Bridge

What about this? 71.236.253.188 ( talk) 01:11, 25 March 2014 (UTC) reply

In fact, what about purgatory? 71.236.253.188 ( talk) 16:30, 25 March 2014 (UTC) reply
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Religion vs. Mythology

Is there some policy somewhere that determines what Wikipedia refers to as a religion vs. what it calls a mythology? Given that some view labeling a religion as a mythology pejorative it seems like either all or none on this list should labeled as such. Sxoa ( talk) 17:12, 8 May 2012 (UTC) reply

Happy Hunting Grounds

Can someone please add happy hunting ground? Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.110.227.98 ( talk) 18:25, 25 August 2008 (UTC) reply

Order

I'm just curious about the order of this template. It seems odd that Christianity is first (surely Judaism should be placed before?). I would suggest we employ a chronological system, or a chronological system with monotheistic/Abrahamic and polytheistic groupings. Afterall, Christianity developed out of Judaism, it only seems sensible to put them in some kind of order of development. -- Oldak Quill 13:06, 31 July 2006 (UTC) reply

I agree. When I first created the template (or after some edits), the first row was 'Judeo-Christian', but someone deleted that reference altogether. Pictureuploader 16:04, 31 July 2006 (UTC) reply

New Jerusalem

Where's the New Jerusalem on this template? I'd add it myself, but I'm afraid I'd mess up the template. Ecto 06:24, 22 August 2006 (UTC) reply

I am sure it existed, but maybe it was removed. I concur to add it. Pictureuploader 07:08, 22 August 2006 (UTC) reply
Hmmm...looking at the history, a user deleted the link because the New Jerusalem "isn't heaven". I don't know about that. It's pretty much Heaven on Earth--literally. We should include it in the template because, even though it's not Heaven strictly speaking, it's close enough, and at least closer than a lot of the other articles linked to by the template, especially the ones listed under "other cultures". It's a bit much to lump all these ideas together under the title heaven, because Heaven is uniquely Christian, and imposing that name on such different concepts not only pushes a Christian frame on other religions, but it also takes something away from Christianity. I mean, these are not just different words for the same conception of an ideal afterlife, nor should heaven be used as a general term for all conceptions of an ideal afterlife. Anyway, I'll see what I can do about including the New Jerusalem. Ecto 19:39, 22 August 2006 (UTC) reply
The generic conept of Heaven is not only Christian, and you will often find Golden Age, Arcadia etc mentioned next to the concept of Heaven. Pictureuploader 21:21, 23 August 2006 (UTC) reply

Disambiguate Germanic mythology

The link in this template for Germanic points to a disambiguation page. Would someone be so kind to find the more appropriate page to which to wikilink. Thx. -- billinghurst ( talk) 14:31, 3 October 2008 (UTC) reply

Rainbow Bridge

What about this? 71.236.253.188 ( talk) 01:11, 25 March 2014 (UTC) reply

In fact, what about purgatory? 71.236.253.188 ( talk) 16:30, 25 March 2014 (UTC) reply

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