• Aqarius@lemmy.world
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      3 days ago

      No, secularists are nonbelievers, possibly apostates. A heretic believes in the same religion as you do, just the wrong kind of it.

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          3 days ago

          On the contrary, from Wikipedia:

          Heresy is any belief or theory that is strongly at variance with established beliefs or customs, particularly the accepted beliefs or religious law of a religious organization.[1][2] A heretic is a proponent of heresy.[1]

          Heresy is distinct from apostasy, which is the explicit renunciation of one’s religion, principles, or cause;

          Atheism is not heresy. A heretic is a type of believer. You can argue you meant the colloquial usage as “divergent thought”, but that’s not the usage I used.

          Either way, the point stands: not all Islam is the same thing, and the Tehran regime quite clearly has an easier time stomaching cooperation with secularists than with Sunnis.

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            2 days ago

            Stop what… breathing? I will in four years. And you and all the other people who hate me can get together and throw a big party.