The Sacred and the Profane

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The Sacred and the Profane

You wrote, “It is also argued that this dualism is more reflective of the scholar's religion than of the religions he studied, since Christianity is a strongly dualistic religion and often requires discrete localities, ideas, and persons - providing minor chastisement for "cross contamination"[1].

  1. Think of a mother's glare at a child who laughs during the seriousness of church, or wants to skip and play during prayer time.

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Part of that is still in the The Sacred and the Profane article as of 8th August 2012. Please explain who argued that and give a reference.

Proxima Centauri (talk)14:10, 8 August 2012

This has now been partially sorted but the link given, The sacred-profane distinction is not universal only gives yet more examples of cultures that don't make a clear distinction between sacred and profane.

As of now the second claim that Emil Durkheim and Mircea Eliade developed their concept because "Christianity is a strongly dualistic religion, largely a legacy of its Greek philosophical heritage" hasn't been sourced. Perhaps by the time you read this someone will have sourced it all.

Proxima Centauri (talk)15:28, 8 August 2012

Do you go out of your way to harp about everything Godot touches, or is it just something that happens?

Star of David.png Radioactive afikomen Please ignore all my awful pre-2014 comments.16:26, 8 August 2012

I've just assumed she had a crush on me. :-) The comments she's talking about, weren't even mine. but "whatevah", i changed the article anyhow. i like destroying wikis, don't you know.

Green mowse.pngGodotL'important c'est d'aimer16:33, 8 August 2012

The comment is in the 1st version of the article and Godot wrote it.

Proxima Centauri (talk)16:53, 8 August 2012