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Editor @AreoMagazine Secular, liberal humanist. Mother. Doglover. Writing book about epistemology & ethics on the academic left Helen.pluckrose@areomagazine.com

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    1. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 17 Mar 2017
      Replying to @HPluckrose

      'Blasphemy' certainly existed in Christian history but 'heresy' was much more significant.Swearing has always included religious obscenities

      1 reply 1 retweet 4 likes
    2. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 17 Mar 2017
      Replying to @HPluckrose

      Records show ppl receiving fines from the Church for saying things like 'Mary was a whore & Jesus a bastard' in high medieval period

      1 reply 2 retweets 6 likes
    3. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 17 Mar 2017
      Replying to @HPluckrose

      This was bad enough for the Church to feel a penalty in order. Much milder swearing related to holy figures & bodily functions was ignored.

      1 reply 1 retweet 5 likes
    4. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 17 Mar 2017
      Replying to @HPluckrose

      Because they weren't meant as a theological argument. We know how common this was from the number of sermons asking ppl to stop doing it.

      1 reply 1 retweet 4 likes
    5. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 17 Mar 2017
      Replying to @HPluckrose

      However, a polite & humble suggestion that the bread & wine might not actually turn into the body & blood and all manner of hell unleashed.

      1 reply 1 retweet 6 likes
    6. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 17 Mar 2017
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      Or behaving in a way which suggested you might think the Church was wrong on a theological matter.

      1 reply 1 retweet 4 likes
    7. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 17 Mar 2017
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      This is very different to what we see with Islamism today. Heresy still seen as a big problem but 'insult' & 'disrespect' even worse.

      2 replies 3 retweets 8 likes
    8. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 17 Mar 2017
      Replying to @HPluckrose

      Part of this comes from the 'honour' culture in which Islam was born & developed but, in the west, it is compatible with postmodern culture.

      1 reply 1 retweet 4 likes
    9. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 17 Mar 2017
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      The sensitivity to language. Language as violence & oppression. Cultural relativity with a focus on lifting up minority cultures.

      1 reply 1 retweet 4 likes
    10. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 17 Mar 2017
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      This makes the heirs of western postmodernism very open to understanding 'blasphemy' as injury. It ties in with its own ideas of blasphemy.

      1 reply 3 retweets 5 likes
      Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 17 Mar 2017

      This underscores the need for western liberals to ally with Muslim liberals in defence of free speech & resilience to ideas u really dislike

      8:20 AM - 17 Mar 2017
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