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WHEREAS August 20, 2021, is as good a day as any other to make this declaration; and WHEREAS it is a better day than most others of any month, because the Twentieth was designated by Epicurus himself as a special day of commemoration; and WHEREAS it is in the world today a valuable right of the citizens of many nations to claim protected freedoms of conscience and action and other civic rights associated with the right to "freedom of religion" that many today find essential to the protection of …

If I recall correct Plato himself categorized Philebus' "patron goddess" as Aphrodite / Venus, correct? And there is ample reason from the Epicurean texts to consider the primary Epicurean divinity of note to be Venus, correct? Are there any other contenders for the role of primary divinity in Epicurean religion?

I apologize for not having taken the time for a much more elaborate declaration, but I thought if you are personally in a situation were your livelihood or your life was requiring you to affirm that you are entitled to some relief due to your claim of freedom of religion, this might be of some use for you in documenting that you are entitled to those rights as least as much as those younger and therefore less-well-established religious traditions as Christianity or Islam.

Might be a good day to review what's left of "Philodemus On Piety!"

I think it is totally compatible with the intent of this thread to discuss and debate competing views of the entire subject, so these are good starting comments. The basic point is compatible regardless of whether you take an "idealist' or "realist" position, and those two positions are probably as close or close as the respective competing camps within most well-known religious denominations - and perhaps closer. It has been a while since i glanced at the "On Piety' material or any of the other…

Yes, and as far as I know they are fully recognized at least in the USA as a "legitimate religion." Excellent point.

This link provides an introductory discussion to the key phrase "sincerely held belief." https://www.venable.com/insigh…o-the-religious-exemption This Florida Bar link might be the best one:. https://www.floridabar.org/the…e-devil-is-in-the-detail/ Other links: https://www.uvu.edu/facultyrel…beliefs-and-practices.pdf