(August 16, 2019 at 10:08 pm)Belaqua Wrote:(August 16, 2019 at 10:01 pm)Shell B Wrote: That's not what your quote said. It didn't say anything about people who think religion is an important "part" of who they are.
The quote says "for a religious view to inform who a person is..."
I interpret this to mean, "when a person's religious views make up an important part of who he considers himself to be." But I admit, the English is very unclear.
What do you interpret it to mean?
And again, do you think that when religious views make up a significant portion of a person's identity, this makes a person "not much" and having "scant hope of being much more"?
I interpret it to mean that if you can tell a person's identity from their religion alone that makes them not much, which is pretty true. I've never met such a person, but that person would be a sad thing indeed. Every person I've ever met is a sight more than their religion, especially given that every religion is interpreted as the believer sees fit.
I don't see the point in answering your question, since I don't think anyone has said such a thing.
