[Tagging] religion

[Simone Saviolo]

2010/5/31 John Smith <deltafoxtrot256 at gmail.com>:
> On 31 May 2010 19:42, Simone Saviolo <simone.saviolo at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Modern olympics start with a ceremony, but no god or declaration of
>> faith is involved. It's clear that it is not a religious event.
>
> I don't know about declarations of faith, but the torch is symbolic of
> one god stealing fire from Zeus and then hot footing it.

AFAIK, the "god" would be the very human Prometeus, to be picky (I may
be wrong). But seriously, do you see people hoping that the torch will
give them eternal life, happiness after death or such? By that
criterion, any Roman statue of an emperor should be marked as a
religious expression, because the emperor claimed to have power of
divine nature.