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When someone discriminates against your religion, is it called religionism, or faithism? Is there an english word for it? If not, does it just fit under the umbrella of racism? I'm confused.
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Can't you call it religious discrimination or prejudice? I personally reserve 'racism' for discrimination based on race or ethnicity.
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That's what I always do, Euripides. I was just wondering about whether there is an acceptable English word to represent it, such as faithism.
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Isn't that a little different? Sectarianism implies a kind of extreme form of chauvinism, whereas Rotar was looking for a substitute for religious discrimination. Just picking hairs...
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Doesn't being a member of one faith automatically mean you are biased against all others? (Well except for Universalism I guess)
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quote:Originally posted by Dan_raven: Would prejudice against Islam be Islamism?
Sure. And prejudice against Jews is Judaism.
quote:Doesn't being a member of one faith automatically mean you are biased against all others?
Of course not. You can choose the faith that you feel is right for you. That doesn't mean that you think it is right for everyone.
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*rubs hands and laughs evilly at plot to drive Jon Boy crazy by referring to all vocabulary, usage, spelling, pronunciation and other written or verbal matters as "grammar questions" *
*also figures that misuse of asterisks and referring to self in third person, along with lack of caps and all other unnamed offenses in this post, will contribute to said insanity*
quote:Originally posted by Uprooted: *rubs hands and laughs evilly at plot to drive Jon Boy crazy by referring to all vocabulary, usage, spelling, pronunciation and other written or verbal matters as "grammar questions" *
As my dad likes to say, at least it's a short drive.
quote:*also figures that misuse of asterisks and referring to self in third person, along with lack of caps and all other unnamed offenses in this post, will contribute to said insanity*
It won't, but I appreciate the thought.
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If genius is one step from insanity, then calling someone insane could be construed as a back-handed compliment. They're just one step beyond!
The normal terminology used in history texts is: "religious bigotry," "religious intolerance," "religious discrimination," and "religious persecution."
Antisemitism refers to intolerance of the Jewish race, not to Jewish religion.
These concepts were combined in history in cases like the Inquisition, where people were tortured and killed for "Judaizing." That was a code word that meant the victim kept the Biblical seventh-day Sabbath. It was always used of Christian "heretics." It was never used in reference to Jews. History becomes really interesting when you learn to read between the lines. Even the "winners," who supposedly write history, betray themselves in their own records.
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