• @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.

          • @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.