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0 pointsBlarfMcFlarf10mo ago0 comments

The meaning of words is central to the meaning of the article. If the meaning of religion is devolved to “very interested in” then the meaning of the article is “people are very interested in their phones” which is a quite boring article.

You can’t rely on the gravity of the word religious while also disregarding it.

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redczar10mo ago

This is how people use the word now. He religiously did yoga every day. They religiously attended every game. That book became their bible. The phone is now everyone’s idol.

keiferski10mo ago

Again; that would be fine if the post wasn’t explicitly about comparing it to real religion and quoting scholars of religion.

redczar10mo ago

That’s a fair point.

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0 pointsBlarfMcFlarf10mo ago0 comments

You can’t rely on the gravity of the word religious while also disregarding it.

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redczar10mo ago

This is how people use the word now. He religiously did yoga every day. They religiously attended every game. That book became their bible. The phone is now everyone’s idol.

keiferski10mo ago

Again; that would be fine if the post wasn’t explicitly about comparing it to real religion and quoting scholars of religion.

redczar10mo ago

That’s a fair point.

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