(June 4, 2016 at 9:13 am)Mister Agenda Wrote:[*]Little Rik Wrote:Wrong.
1) A dogma can be a single so called principle.
It doesn't have to be a set of principles.
2) It doesn't have to be laid down.
Anybody can express a dogma without such a dogma having to be laid down.
3) It doesn't have to be express by an authority.
Anybody can create a dogma.
dog·ma
ˈdôɡmə/
noun
noun: dogma; plural noun: dogmas
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[*]a principle or set of principles laid down by an authority as incontrovertibly true.
"the Christian dogma of the Trinity"
Simple Definition of dogma
- : a belief or set of beliefs that is accepted by the members of a group without being questioned or doubted
- : a belief or set of beliefs that is taught by a religious organization
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dogma
[dawg-muh, dog-] /ˈdɔg mə, ˈdɒg-/
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noun, plural dogmas or (Rare) dogmata
[dawg-muh-tuh] /ˈdɔg mə tə/ (Show IPA)
1.
an official system of principles or tenets concerning faith, morals, behavior, etc., as of a church.
Synonyms: doctrine, teachings, set of beliefs, philosophy.
2.
a specific tenet or doctrine authoritatively laid down, as by a church: the dogma of the Assumption;
the recently defined dogma of papal infallibility.
Synonyms: tenet, canon, law.
3.
prescribed doctrine proclaimed as unquestionably true by a particular group:
the difficulty of resisting political dogma.
I can challenge all those ideas any time any place.
No problem with that and no problem with who will came out as the winner.
Yoga is the original while those who came later are not.
In fact most of them are bad imitations.