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Originally Posted by Drolefille
Would it make all of you happy if Alphafrog clarified what she is saying with "My opinion" and "what I've been taught?" Because that basically seems to be what she's saying here.
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It would make me "happy" because if that's what is really going on, then I'd like her to stop speaking in absolutes or continuing a debate in the format of "prove me wrong" (a very poor argumentative tactic, although I did do just that).
Example: "Buddhism is not a religion because it has no deity or dogma."
This is clearly wrong (Buddhism does have doctrine covering morality relating to faith, the very definition of dogma, and some sects of Buddhism have semi-, neo- or ACTUAL DEIST BELIEFS, not to mention that she's using a VERY specious definition of 'religion'), but hey if that's what she was taught, she has an excuse for ignorance. If she simply believes otherwise, I'll gladly educate her.