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Toma tomhaste at gmail.com
Mon Apr 14 05:17:01 PDT 2008


I really dont think its possible not to offend or confuse at least
some people in this area.  Wikipedia defines christianity as a
religion and most other 'faiths' as religions. The real question
should be 'Religion' or 'Religious' imho.
Toma

On 14/04/2008, Justin Clift <justin at salasaga.org> wrote:
> Jakob Petsovits wrote:
>  > On Monday, 14. April 2008, Justin Clift wrote:
>  >> "Religion" is probably not the best choice, because many people of
>  >> spiritual faith *strongly* object to the use of their faith being
>  >> described as a "Religion".
>  > [snip]
>  >> Better description word suggestions?
>  >
>  > "Faith" :P
>
>
> Yeah, that was the obvious next choice, but some people object to the
>  use of the word "Faith" as applied to spiritual concepts.
>
>   "Faith" as in "Confidence" -> i.e. faith in a person's ability
>
>  vs
>
>   "Faith" as in religious doctrine
>
>  So, not a straight-down-the-line answer there either. :-/
>
>
>  Regards and best wishes,
>
>  Justin Clift
>
>
>
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