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Originally Posted by Flint
With all these disagreements, it sounds like the word doesn't actually mean anything tangible.
If I thought I was calling myself a nonsense-word, I would drop the word, and keep my beliefs.
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That's a good solution, in theory, but I think it's too extreme for most people to actually put into practical use. "*gasp* You're saying you're not Christian anymore? Are you sure that's safe?" Dropping the word could in-and-of-itself be viewed as sacreligious. PS, that's not just the case with Christianity. Any religious person would be uncomfortable separating themselves from the general mass that way. It's like excluding yourself from a club, you don't get to belong anymore, you have to turn in your membership card and everything. Not a positive feeling.