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SORAAAD.org, allowing people to gather w/o being religious since 2011. Qual Research on Religion, Religion-like stuff, and Religion & stuff best not studied as religious but key to understanding those doing, being, saying & feeling stuff labeled religion
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February 17, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Hope you'll read my report the upcoming trial — I'll be watching closely. www.ms.now/news/antifa-...
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hey buddy do you want me to clarify
the question of religious truth, or of adherence to a mythical essential foundation of a religion, is not one that scholars of religion engage in
that's a *religious question* and the discipline doesn't attempt to answer those
the question of religious truth, or of adherence to a mythical essential foundation of a religion, is not one that scholars of religion engage in
that's a *religious question* and the discipline doesn't attempt to answer those
February 17, 2026 at 5:32 PM
hey buddy do you want me to clarify
the question of religious truth, or of adherence to a mythical essential foundation of a religion, is not one that scholars of religion engage in
that's a *religious question* and the discipline doesn't attempt to answer those
the question of religious truth, or of adherence to a mythical essential foundation of a religion, is not one that scholars of religion engage in
that's a *religious question* and the discipline doesn't attempt to answer those
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now, i'll grant that some people outside of a religion get very worked up about what they believe that religion should or shouldn't be, and they use those questions to attack people they think are doing it wrong
again, outside the bounds of academic inquiry
again, outside the bounds of academic inquiry
February 17, 2026 at 5:34 PM
now, i'll grant that some people outside of a religion get very worked up about what they believe that religion should or shouldn't be, and they use those questions to attack people they think are doing it wrong
again, outside the bounds of academic inquiry
again, outside the bounds of academic inquiry
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also maybe ask any Indigenous people how "Christianity = good" worked out for them
February 17, 2026 at 4:08 PM
also maybe ask any Indigenous people how "Christianity = good" worked out for them
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a reply from the late Ranginui Walker (Aotearoa New Zealand), on one aspect of Christian influence:
February 17, 2026 at 5:49 PM
a reply from the late Ranginui Walker (Aotearoa New Zealand), on one aspect of Christian influence:
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Every Christianity is a heresy to some other Christianity.
February 17, 2026 at 1:38 PM
Every Christianity is a heresy to some other Christianity.
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I'm not Christian, and lots of Christians have very different ideas of the words of the Bible mean. And they say you're a heretic. I don't engage in theological disputes.
February 17, 2026 at 2:32 PM
I'm not Christian, and lots of Christians have very different ideas of the words of the Bible mean. And they say you're a heretic. I don't engage in theological disputes.
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Is one form of Christianity objectively better for a healthy society than the other? Absolutely. But they're all Christianity. Christian is not a synonym for good.
February 17, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Is one form of Christianity objectively better for a healthy society than the other? Absolutely. But they're all Christianity. Christian is not a synonym for good.
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It's not an offhand statement. It's the foundation of the academic study of religion.
What actually gives Christian nationalists a great advantage is decent people who happen to be Christians refusing to acknowledge that Christianity is part of the authoritarian project.
What actually gives Christian nationalists a great advantage is decent people who happen to be Christians refusing to acknowledge that Christianity is part of the authoritarian project.
February 17, 2026 at 2:52 PM
It's not an offhand statement. It's the foundation of the academic study of religion.
What actually gives Christian nationalists a great advantage is decent people who happen to be Christians refusing to acknowledge that Christianity is part of the authoritarian project.
What actually gives Christian nationalists a great advantage is decent people who happen to be Christians refusing to acknowledge that Christianity is part of the authoritarian project.
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Don't play the victim here. Scholars of religion don't single out Christianity in this way; There are authoritarian, nationalist, and violent strains of every religious tradition, and they are all parts of those traditions. "Religion" doesn't just cover the good bits.
February 17, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Don't play the victim here. Scholars of religion don't single out Christianity in this way; There are authoritarian, nationalist, and violent strains of every religious tradition, and they are all parts of those traditions. "Religion" doesn't just cover the good bits.
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When you say that Christian is a synonym for good, you're sending a very clear message to anyone who doesn't believe what you believe, and it's not a good or welcoming message.
February 17, 2026 at 2:55 PM
When you say that Christian is a synonym for good, you're sending a very clear message to anyone who doesn't believe what you believe, and it's not a good or welcoming message.
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Right, Christianities are wildly diverse. They're functionally different religions that worship gods that bear no relationship to one another. But it's impossible to excommunicate the "wrong" ones from the umbrella of "Christianity." Those ideas came from somewhere.
February 17, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Right, Christianities are wildly diverse. They're functionally different religions that worship gods that bear no relationship to one another. But it's impossible to excommunicate the "wrong" ones from the umbrella of "Christianity." Those ideas came from somewhere.