• 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?

                  • Flying SquidM
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                    12 days ago

                    What definition am I coming up with here?

                    Are you saying the existence of a god is not part of the doctrine of any theistic religion?

        • @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.