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Mia Wasikowska
Oct 7, 2006

Jastiger posted:

My criticisms in this thread haven't been designed to go after this or that Bible or Koran verse, its been to show that religion and faith do not deserve the respect that people give them, especially on the left.

You're not going to convince anyone of anything with your "it's bad epistemology" argument.


You're not a good critic of religion because it's clear you don't understand religion.

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Mia Wasikowska
Oct 7, 2006

Bryter posted:

What is and isn't foundational to Christianity is not unanimously agreed upon, and your definitions are as arbitrary as anyone else's.

Just to underscore this point, consider how recognizably different the theology of, say Mark and John are - these divisions have always existed in Christianity, and many Christians are the first to recognize this (much of the best close study of the bible and it's various contradictory viewpoints having been done by Christians)


But maybe trying to explain religious studies 101 stuff is a little bit reductionist when Islamaphobia is a big enough topic on it's own

Mia Wasikowska
Oct 7, 2006

Obdicut posted:


This one analyses how political ideals become 'sacred' even though actual religious tradition doesn't support them, and how nationalism and perceptions of humiliation at the hands of the West were predictive:

http://groups.psych.northwestern.edu/medin/documents/GingesAtranSachdevaMedin2011AmPsyAuthor.pdf


this rocks, thanks

Mia Wasikowska
Oct 7, 2006

Is there a site keeping track of the various mosques getting arsoned in the US lately?

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