Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
Religion
In reply to the discussion: Sylvia Browne [View all]struggle4progress
(118,379 posts)41. You are, of course, entirely free to use the word "religion" however you like:
not being always a platonist, I do not regard abstract terms like "religion" as automatically designating some definite and well-defined objects, and so IMO it can be entirely pointless to debate what does or does not constitute a religion
I can, however, say that I myself do not use the word religion to describe a venture extracting profits for the organization's founder -- I'm rather more inclined to call such a venture a business
If you use the word differently, then we are unlikely to resolve questions about the correctness or incorrectness of certain sentences, though it is still possible that each of us might understand what the other says, by taking the time to understand how each chooses to use certain words
Edit history
Please sign in to view edit histories.
56 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight:
NoneDon't highlight anything
5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
RecommendedHighlight replies with 5 or more recommendations
But what you were saying about her saying that a child was dead, and then ended up dead......not
Th1onein
Nov 2013
#49
To be precise, she identified as a New Age Gnostic, a far cry from those you mentioned.
rug
Nov 2013
#5
I see....I thought it was the kidnapped person who died because of Browne's revelation.
Th1onein
Nov 2013
#54
I suppose those, who want to regard religion simply as a species of "woo," will find it natural
struggle4progress
Nov 2013
#14
You evidently didn't bother to follow and read the links. The church website contains
struggle4progress
Nov 2013
#20
Is it your claim that any church website that has links to profit-making ventures...
trotsky
Nov 2013
#21
Maybe you responded in the wrong place -- or could benefit from a reading comprehension course
struggle4progress
Nov 2013
#38
You are, of course, entirely free to use the word "religion" however you like:
struggle4progress
Nov 2013
#41
We can probably agree you're unlikely ever to do more than caricature my views
struggle4progress
Nov 2013
#44
Browne was pretty famous, despite your personal claim to have never heard of her.
trotsky
Nov 2013
#17
That's probably because of the unique demographics that visit jesusneverexisted.com.
rug
Nov 2013
#34
How much will travel rates for her services increase, now that she must come from some great beyond?
struggle4progress
Nov 2013
#53