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In reply to the discussion: Reza Aslan Made the Worst Case For Religion On The Daily Show [View all]doxyluv13
(247 posts)26. Score: Aslan-1 Daily Banter - 0
Of course it's identity. This explains how some people can be such committed Christians without knowing beans about Christianity.
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Equating criticism of religion with bigotry is common on both the left and right.
beam me up scottie
May 2015
#7
religion is learned cultural behavior. believers go along with their culture even tho they may
msongs
May 2015
#5
Isn't he they guy who claimed to be a religious scholar, but it turns out he lied about it?
Lordquinton
May 2015
#8
Lol, no I compared your lame caricature to one that is significantly more accurate.
rug
May 2015
#35
which is of course meaningless if you had been using QED correctly to begin with,
Warren Stupidity
May 2015
#70
Warren, do you really think you're in a position to lecture anyone on the proper use of words?
rug
May 2015
#72
Wait. You are demanding "credentials" for responses on an internet message board?
Warren Stupidity
May 2015
#76
Agreed. I like what he said about giving credit to religion when it does good.
hrmjustin
May 2015
#21
Reducing religions to mere labels with no necessary beliefs behind them renders...
Humanist_Activist
May 2015
#50
Probably because there is no "objection" - it's funny that in his desperation to absolve religion...
trotsky
May 2015
#58
I'm familiar with Aslan. I think he's generally rather superficial in his analyses.
LTX
May 2015
#73
Its not an objection, but an observation, if belief is no longer necessary for...
Humanist_Activist
May 2015
#78