Posted by SLS on October 3, 2006, at 6:53:14
In reply to Re: untrue religions, posted by alexandra_k on October 3, 2006, at 3:34:56
> It doesn't accuse any religion (not a single one) of being untrue. What the poster said was that at least one religion has at least one falsehood in it.
You might be missing my point. There is nothing wrong with the phrase as a logic statement as it sits by itself out of context. However, in a social context, I believe it is an implied put down of all religions other than the one held by the author for the reasons I have already detailed in a previous post.
The statement in question: "not all religions are all true."My response:
"To process the logic further, at most, only one religion can be all true. The reader is then faced with the proposition that the author would choose for himself the religion that he believed was all true. If the reader's religion is different from the author's religion, then the reader has just been told that his religion is not all true. Only a religion that is all true can be Truth. Therefore, any religion that is not all true is not Truth. The author has, in effect, made the statement that his religion is the only true religion and that all other religions are not true religions."
> The statement was about religion, not about religious faith. I thought the aim of religion was faith, not truth.
Faith and religion. Sometimes the two words are used interchangeably. I think faith is a matter of trust and belief. Religion may be more a matter of content and doctrine for which faith is applied. Nevertheless, we must consider that a reasonable readership will have members that will equate their religion with Truth, especially since it is the doctrine of many religions that they represent Truth.
- Scott
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