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RE: What makes a religion?
June 17, 2016 at 5:04 pm
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Because the arabic words were better...more potent, more powerful.....more magical....lol..
Really?
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RE: What makes a religion?
June 17, 2016 at 5:05 pm
It's all fine and dandy for you to believe whatever and for you to use words however.
I don't agree with you. I don't have a religion. I don't worship anything.
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RE: What makes a religion?
June 17, 2016 at 5:06 pm
(June 17, 2016 at 5:03 pm)Losty Wrote: In English "deen" is not a word at all.
Yeah I meant 'religion' which is translated to 'deen'. In Arabic, the origin shows what we follow, is our religion.
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RE: What makes a religion?
June 17, 2016 at 5:07 pm
(June 17, 2016 at 5:05 pm)Losty Wrote: It's all fine and dandy for you to believe whatever and for you to use words however.
I don't agree with you. I don't have a religion. I don't worship anything.
I concede in English terminology, you may not worship anything or have a religion. However, as far as Arabic meaning to those words, you do, at least from my perspective.
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RE: What makes a religion?
June 17, 2016 at 5:07 pm
I don't follow any particular thing. Earlier today I followed a friend to the bank.
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RE: What makes a religion?
June 17, 2016 at 5:08 pm
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"A turtle is a reptile with flippers and a shell."
"But I'm a land turtle."
"Okay a turtle is a reptile."
"So the flippers and shell part of the definition you threw in the garbage already?"
"A turtle is any animal at all with a shell."
"A shifting definition of a turtle is a non-definition of a turtle. Epic fail, dude, epic fail."
"It's a reptile."
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RE: What makes a religion?
June 17, 2016 at 5:08 pm
(June 17, 2016 at 5:07 pm)MysticKnight Wrote: (June 17, 2016 at 5:05 pm)Losty Wrote: It's all fine and dandy for you to believe whatever and for you to use words however.
I don't agree with you. I don't have a religion. I don't worship anything.
I concede in English terminology, you may not worship anything or have a religion. However, as far as Arabic meaning to those words, you do, at least from my perspective.
Your perspective has no bearing on my reality.
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RE: What makes a religion?
June 17, 2016 at 5:08 pm
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That's a linguistic idiom...and isn't going to be suitable as the contents of a logical proposition. For flavor, here is ours.
Religion - obligation, bond, reverence
Seems meaningless without context eh? So does "what we follow" in english.
I follow the car in front of me. Is that my religion..by either little idiom.....? OFC not.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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RE: What makes a religion?
June 17, 2016 at 5:15 pm
(June 17, 2016 at 5:08 pm)Rhythm Wrote: That's a linguistic idiom...and isn't going to be suitable as the contents of a logical proposition. For flavor, here is ours.
Religion - obligation, bond, reverence
Seems meaningless without context eh? So does "what we follow" in english.
I follow the car in front of me. Is that my religion..by either little idiom.....? OFC not.
This is not how language work. Words all of a different context. I said follow, but the word is more closer to "obey". But then you might say obeying my boss is a religion, etc, but it's obviously not referring to that.
The root word just shows it has to do with what we decide to obey and follow in life, and the word "worship" comes from the root to be enslaved to, and the word ilah (god) comes from the word to what diverts us from things towards that.
So you combine them, and you get over all image. However, the root words, often give an idea, but they are not the meaning of the words themselves.
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RE: What makes a religion?
June 17, 2016 at 5:17 pm
(June 17, 2016 at 5:15 pm)MysticKnight Wrote: (June 17, 2016 at 5:08 pm)Rhythm Wrote: That's a linguistic idiom...and isn't going to be suitable as the contents of a logical proposition. For flavor, here is ours.
Religion - obligation, bond, reverence
Seems meaningless without context eh? So does "what we follow" in english.
I follow the car in front of me. Is that my religion..by either little idiom.....? OFC not.
This is not how language work. Words all of a different context. I said follow, but the word is more closer to "obey". But then you might say obeying my boss is a religion, etc, but it's obviously not referring to that.
The root word just shows it has to do with what we decide to obey and follow in life, and the word "worship" comes from the root to be enslaved to, and the word ilah (god) comes from the word to what diverts us from things towards that.
So you combine them, and you get over all image. However, the root words, often give an idea, but they are not the meaning of the words themselves.
It's pointless arguing with you because you won't even consistently stick to your own premise.
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