Comment by coldtea
9 years ago
>Are there muslims and jews that don't circumcise/mutilate their children? Are they still muslims and jews? If you say yes, the it's not a religious tenet, but a cultural tradition.
There's no difference between the two. You can break any religious tenet and still belong to the particular religion/faith.
Heck, you can murder people and still be considered a christian saint for example.
> There's no difference between the two. You can break any religious tenet and still belong to the particular religion/faith.
Sure it is. One is within the tenets, one is: maybe, despite the tenets.
You are a [religion]:ian because you follow the tenets, and you can be a [religion]:ian by reforming, despite breaking tenets.
Nazis are not and have never been violent in opposition to their core beliefs, but completely in line with them.