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Wikipedia defines the word as "any belief or theory that is strongly at variance with established beliefs or customs, in particular the accepted beliefs of a ch
by tlb 7y ago
Wikipedia defines the word as "any belief or theory that is strongly at variance with established beliefs or customs, in particular the accepted beliefs of a church or religious organization".
You're presumably using a different definition, or else neither of your arguments make sense. Maybe you should say what you think the word means?
- voidhorse 7y agoFair enough. But it’s also fair to quote the sentence you cited in its etirety instead of chopping it off at the comma: « Heresy is any belief or theory that is strongly at variance with established beliefs or customs, in particular the accepted beliefs of a church or religious organization.« A better word for a belief that disagrees with general sentiment without having religious conotations is iconoclasm which unlike heresy, has the religious meaning as its secondary definition.( heresy’s religious sense is still the primary definition according to oxford). Though I must say I’m not surprised the differentiation between such words is coming to ruin given our general laziness in regard to language, the decay of religious systems, and a broad ignorance of etymology and history. It won’t be surprising to me if the word totally loses its religious elment in a few years. Sorry for the salt. Have to presenr this one for the future so I can check my prediction.