• Nougat@kbin.social
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    11 months ago

    … if they’re not a high quality version of that thing.

    And who is the arbiter of quality, and who draws the line in the sand?

    I know this has all kind of devolved into a semantic argument, and a weird discussion about Popery, and I think at this point it’s worth reiterating my initial point: If someone claims to belong to a religion, they do. Whether that claim enables anyone to make predictions or judgments about a person’s other statements or actions is another question entirely.

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      11 months ago

      If someone claims to belong to a religion, they do.

      I think this is 100% true for generic things like “Christianity”. When they’re more official organizations…still maybe, but if someone’s been excommunicated from something it makes sense to me from a practical standpoint that they no longer belong to that thing.