• Flying SquidM
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    23 days ago

    Again, the Ba’ath party is 100% secular. Secularism is a cornerstone of their party. It has nothing to do with Sunni and Shi’a here, it has to do with a theocratic regime in a partnership with exactly the opposite.

    • @Aqarius
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      03 days ago

      …Yes, the Ba’ath party is 100% secular, and Tehran would rather deal with secularists than with heretics.

      • Flying SquidM
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        33 days ago

        Secularists are heretics to theocrats. I have no idea what you think a heretic is.

        • @Aqarius
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          -13 days ago

          No, secularists are nonbelievers, possibly apostates. A heretic believes in the same religion as you do, just the wrong kind of it.

            • @[email protected]
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              43 days ago

              oh, rarely really seen somebody contradict themselves so blatantly with their source. how come?

              • Flying SquidM
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                02 days ago

                Where is the contradiction? Do you think a belief contrary to religious doctrine has to be religious?

                • @[email protected]
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                  22 days ago

                  Yes, cause that’s what the dictionary means: belief contrary to the doctrine of the religious system the belief is embedded in.

                  • Flying SquidM
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                    12 days ago

                    Like the doctrine that a god exists?

            • @Aqarius
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              43 days ago

              On the contrary, from Wikipedia:

              Heresy is any belief or theory that is strongly at variance with established beliefs or customs, particularly the accepted beliefs or religious law of a religious organization.[1][2] A heretic is a proponent of heresy.[1]

              Heresy is distinct from apostasy, which is the explicit renunciation of one’s religion, principles, or cause;

              Atheism is not heresy. A heretic is a type of believer. You can argue you meant the colloquial usage as “divergent thought”, but that’s not the usage I used.

              Either way, the point stands: not all Islam is the same thing, and the Tehran regime quite clearly has an easier time stomaching cooperation with secularists than with Sunnis.

              • Flying SquidM
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                -12 days ago

                Stop what… breathing? I will in four years. And you and all the other people who hate me can get together and throw a big party.