Talk:Dogs in religion

Improvements
I'm going to add a mention to dogs in Egyptian religion, might improve it a bit :) Tuxraider reloaded (talk) 19:51, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

Zoroastrianism?
Hi, I'm a lapsed Wikipedian and don't edit much anymore (i.e. I'm lazy). I just came across this article and believe it is in dire need of a Zoroastrian mention. Zoroastrianism is one of the few religions (or cultures outside of the Western world) I've studied which bestows such reverence to the dog. I'll admit to having a bias, but even objectively, another editor might want to have a look to see if they agree with me enough in my opinion to add such an obscure religion. Dogs in Zoroastrianism (from a conservative site), and Zoroastrian funeral ceremonies (from Avesta.org, make special note of the practice of "sagdid") are a good start, if you're not familiar with the religion, or the Parsis of India. Khirad (talk) 06:21, 15 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I will check them out. Zoroastraianism is certainly worth mentioning. Steve Dufour (talk) 03:35, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Atheism and criticism of religion
I don't have a problem really with this section, but have some questions and observations. Is atheism a religion? Should it be regarded as a belief system for the purposes of this article? Is the criticism of religion NPOV in regards to the subject matter? The excerpt of Byrons poem seems to be challenging Calvinist doctrine rather than religion as a whole, does it meet the criteria of the section? Would criticism of what some atheists have said about dogs be valid here as well? Diogenes was a Cynic and often provocatively sacrilegious, but was definitely not an atheist in the modern sense. Why is he mentioned here? I'd be interested in reading your views. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.99.205.181 (talk) 05:22, 17 June 2014 (UTC)


 * Probably irrelevant, but I knew there was another reason to hate Islam. If this is true, that it is a religion that denigrates dogs, I think there must be a movement towards atheism away from Islam just due to this - the forces of dog loving are not small. If I find any supportable data on such movements I'll add it in. 203.217.85.103 (talk) 01:44, 7 March 2015 (UTC)

Reliable source?
The section on Islam uses the Gatestone Institute (http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/about/) as a source. This seems to be a right wing and/or anti-Muslim think tank. Besides which the fairly minor incidents it reports seem a bit out of place in an article which covers the entire globe over thousands of years. Steve Dufour (talk) 14:47, 20 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Well, it certainly looks like a "non-partisan, not-for-profit international policy council and think tank". Arguably for the non-BLP issues for which it is cited, an appropriate source, though one could also argue for attribution reasonably. Except that a number of sources report the same thing, and it doesn't seem to be controversial. I've added a few of the parallel supporting refs. As with articles on religion, it is of course to cover both (if the case) their thousands of years, and their more-recent "in the news" appearances. If more recent appearances in the news of other religions are reflected in the media, they should be reflected as well. Though of course on Wikipedia, there is no deadline. --Epeefleche (talk) 22:50, 20 June 2015 (UTC)

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I came across a statement that said dogs should not be allowed in your house because their dirty
If the dogs are dirty then clean them like c,mon people — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2603:6080:A603:3657:3962:CDA2:6B0F:958A (talk) 13:31, 9 March 2022 (UTC)

Wiki Education assignment: Honors World Religions
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