All religious leaders are only philosophers?

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22 Dec 2010, 9:41 am

Are all religious leaders only philosophers? This is because a number of religious leaders have claimed the earth is flat or Galileo is a bad astronomer or if one does not convert to a certain religion such as Islam or Italian Catholicism or Mormonism or Scientology, the unbelievers must be excommunicated or punished including, in some cases, literally being burned at the stake.

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Western democracies vs Non-profit religions, non-profit faiths, non-profit the earth is flat philosphers



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22 Dec 2010, 11:22 am

The overwhelming supermajority of religious leaders display nowhere near the level of reflection, analysis, or critical thought to be deemed "philosophers". Snakeoil salespeople is a more accurate description.


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22 Dec 2010, 12:14 pm

AND another.

Check out please the etymological meaning NOT the academic Koine semantics of

philosophos - philosophein

Then plizz practice it.



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22 Dec 2010, 1:27 pm

Master_Pedant wrote:
The overwhelming supermajority of religious leaders display nowhere near the level of reflection, analysis, or critical thought to be deemed "philosophers". Snakeoil salespeople is a more accurate description.


Plato would have called their feather merchants sophists.

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