Re: OT-ish:Conlang Census
| From: | paul-bennett <paul-bennett@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, January 20, 2004, 17:42 |
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On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 23:04:27 -0500 "Mark J. Reed" <markjreed@...>
wrote.
>Except individuals and churches don't get to decide what the definition of
>"Christian" is. :)
Yes they do. I can decide for myself perfectly freely whether any given
religion that claims to have at or near its center a figure that roughly
correlates with the Jesus Christ that I believe in is sufficiently similar
to either mine, or to the archetype, for me to call it "Christian". Also,
certain doctrines that religion X may hold may be contradictory to what I
consider the words of Jesus Christ, and thus be disqualified from that
perspective.
>And one could argue that Islam is a Christian denomination as
>well, since Jesus is recognized as a holy prophet and forerunner
>of Mohammed
And Sikhs. If you're going to detail the members of the cult of Diaus
Pa:ter, don't forget to add the Sikhs at (or near) one of the recent ends of
the lineage. They're the follow-up to Islam, after all.
Paul
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