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Folk religion consists of ethnic or regional religious customs under the umbrella of an organized religion, but outside of official doctrine and practices. Don Yoder has defined "folk religion" as "the totality of all those views and practices of religion that exist among the people apart from and alongside the strictly theological and liturgical forms of the official religion." Folk religion includes the syncretic blending of indigenous religion with organised religion. Folk Christianity, Folk Hinduism, and Folk Islam are examples of folk religion associated with major religions. There is sometimes tension between the practice of folk religion and the formally taught doctrines and teachings of a faith. In other cases, practices that originated in folk religion are adopted as part of the official religion. The term is also used, especially by the clergy of the faiths involved, to describe the desire of people who otherwise infrequently attend religious worship, do not belong to a church or similar religious society, and who have not made a formal profession of faith in a particular creed, to have religious weddings or funerals, or (among Christians) to have their children baptised. Examples of folk religionThis section does not cite any references or sources. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be and removed. (January 2010)From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License Religious folk: What makes your religion more convincing than all the others? Q. This is not a cynical bid to poke and prod and make fun of you. I'm just curious. Post away. Asked by Joe the Destroyer - Wed Nov 4 07:20:40 2009 - - 7 Answers - 0 Comments A. 1) because it's true. 2) because it gives me hope. and 3) because everyone elses has a person who discovered it. No historian has been able to find an individual who began the whole, umm... "theory" or whatever rude historians call it, or christianity. every other religion has someone who began the religion. so, therefore, logically and truthfully, christianity must be the correct and logical religion. Answered by Coolness - Sat Nov 7 22:05:08 2009 Why must you subject your children to religion , religious folk ? Q. It's a form of child abuse . Asked by jsjmlj - Tue Dec 12 21:25:30 2006 - - 22 Answers - 0 Comments A. Needless to say, you obviously sound as if you have no children of your own yet... Once you do, you will need some solid foundation for teaching them good moral fiber and some fortitude, one way or the other... And soon enough they will grow up and ask you where you get your own moral foundations from. I'd say that HONESTY is usually one of the top priorities to teach one's child/ren early on... Peace be with you. Answered by Arf Bee - Tue Dec 12 21:34:03 2006 Religious folk... What made you decide to take up religion, and what made you pick that particular religion?
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