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What? People do talk of "cultural Islam". There's literally a Wikipedia page on it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_Muslims https://en.wikipedia.org/wi
by retrac 3y ago
What? People do talk of "cultural Islam". There's literally a Wikipedia page on it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_Muslims https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_Muslims
Cultural Muslims would be people who grew up in a predominantly Muslim society and culture, and who have deeply embedded Muslim cultural values and experiences, but who are not religious Muslims.
I'm a "cultural Christian". I know the lyrics to dozens of Christmas carols by heart, I can recite the Lord's Prayer, the Nicene creed, a surprising amount of Genesis, and I know quite a lot about the history of the Church, the Reformation, and both modern Anglican and Catholic rites. Of course, I am an atheist who has never been baptized. But that's what growing up in a society where 90% of the population is Christian will do - produce a cultural Christian.
- 2devnull 3y ago[flagged]
- retrac 3y agoTo whom is it offensive if I describe myself as "culturally Christian"? Christians? Why? Which term would you prefer I use, to describe the effect I mentioned?
- smnplk 3y agoA pagan :D lol
- nextlevelwizard 3y agoGotta love the martyrdom. If anyone disagrees with you they just enforce your point. Winning all the way.