The Burka
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Apologies, I assumed comment #252 was rhetorical.
Some other base means some other grouping. The impolite and impatient behaviour you refer to is a result of social conventions within a group, not the religion of that group. If this were not the case, muslims in Indonesia would display exactly the same characteristics of muslims in Qatar. However, if it would cheer you up I would concede that there is often an overlap cultural norms and religious norms, and that you may have simply been using a shorthand in your comment.
Boomhauer's post was incorrect, hence the need to respond.
Some other base means some other grouping. The impolite and impatient behaviour you refer to is a result of social conventions within a group, not the religion of that group. If this were not the case, muslims in Indonesia would display exactly the same characteristics of muslims in Qatar. However, if it would cheer you up I would concede that there is often an overlap cultural norms and religious norms, and that you may have simply been using a shorthand in your comment.
Boomhauer's post was incorrect, hence the need to respond.
What is wrong in stating that religion is a cultural construct? Just like dress, cuisine, language ; all cultural entities.
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What was incorrect about the comment that religion is culture? By that I meant that religion is an aspect of culture, a big or crucial aspect of culture to many.
What is wrong in stating that religion is a cultural construct? Just like dress, cuisine, language ; all cultural entities.
What is wrong in stating that religion is a cultural construct? Just like dress, cuisine, language ; all cultural entities.
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And what about you!! You didn’t specify what job you had had in the air force, I would imagine anything but in no way they would let you anywhere near an aircraft
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But you know what, I got some interesting news for you. Atheism is actually the first step towards Islam!!! Because to be a Muslim you have to utter a statement called Shahada which begins with this clause “I bear witness that there is no God, but one Godâ€. So for an atheist he has already declared the part before the ‘but’. All that is left is to say is the second part

Also you're actually an aetheist as I'm sure you don't believe in Zeus, Apollo, Bacchus, Brahma, Cernunnos, Freya, Horus, Krishna, Loki and the list goes on & on. If you understand why you don't believe in all of those gods then you'll understand why I don't believe in one more god than you.
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Keep in mind some religions are cultural and political too - and others are not so much. Most people in the West still assume all religions are basically the same when they are clearly not, in doctrine or in practise.
I don't know many English people would say one has to be a Christian to be English. Christianity simply doesn't teach such things, yet I don't think there would be one Saudi who would say one doesn't have to be Muslim to be Saudi...indeed the main requirement for citizenship in many Muslim states (most not all) would be being a Muslim, especially in the GCC. And in places where people are not Muslims they usually have to be registered and often take second place to the majority (like the Copts in Egypt).
To repeat myself, some religions in their very scriptures condone political and cultural dimensions - others are far more open and flexible, focusing not on the flesh but the mind and/or spirit.
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I don't know many English people would say one has to be a Christian to be English. Christianity simply doesn't teach such things, yet I don't think there would be one Saudi who would say one doesn't have to be Muslim to be Saudi...indeed the main requirement for citizenship in many Muslim states (most not all) would be being a Muslim, especially in the GCC. And in places where people are not Muslims they usually have to be registered and often take second place to the majority (like the Copts in Egypt).
To repeat myself, some religions in their very scriptures condone political and cultural dimensions - others are far more open and flexible, focusing not on the flesh but the mind and/or spirit.
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The 'not all religions are created equal' is an important theme for Westerners to understand.





