So religion is just an empty shell with no real substance? @rezaaslan @jillienp @Oprah
Yes. Religion is just ready-made language of symbols/metaphors. You can create your own as long as others understandhttps://twitter.com/jillienp/status/721720882117414912 …
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@Jesakijes@rezaaslan I would call it a framework.
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@rezaaslan Doesn't presumption of individual agency occlude complexity of language? I can make a cipher/code, but isn't lang. more complex?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@rezaaslan@jillienp@Oprah im sure Jews and Muslims just really don't like the taste of pork and just use their religion to express thisThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@rezaaslan@jillienp@Oprah this bullshit idea that religious beliefs never motivate people's actions is just batshit crazyThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@rezaaslan Tell that to the fundamentalists and conservatives of any religion.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@rezaaslan The dumbest sentence I've heard since January 1thThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@rezaaslan Honest question: does it matter if you really believe it's true? Do you need to think it's literally true, to be religious?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@rezaaslan The problem with religious symbols and metaphors, however, is that they're extremely ambiguous.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@rezaaslan So you don't believe in the divinity of religion and you think it's man made? As a Muslim, do you pray to god 5 times a day?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@rezaaslan@Oprah "ready-made" do you mean repeated without thought ?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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