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Investigate the issue of atheism and infanticide in light of recent events: http://creation.com/abortion-after-birth and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpOhSEA9Yb8
Investigate the issue of atheism and infanticide in light of recent events: http://creation.com/abortion-after-birth and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpOhSEA9Yb8
== Misrepresentation and Misspelling of Ninian Smart ==
"Religion scholar Ninian Smartt identified seven dimensions which make up religion: narrative, experiential, social, ethical, doctrinal, ritual and material. It is not necessary in Smartt's model for every one of these to be present in order for something to be a religion."
The first sentence is talking about Ninian Smart, religious scholar. As written, it is easy to see the second sentence as a misspelling suggesting that Ninian Smart intended his scheme to be used as criteria, but as you can see <ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=14j2UrLCi64C&pg=PA130&lpg=PA130&dq=ninian+smart+narrative&source=bl&ots=Hq3WwG_mVT&sig=j-8FpwSdqohURYodSdcl46erSJY&hl=en&sa=X&ei=FgybT6zxIc-_gAe864X6Dg&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=ninian%20smart%20narrative&f=false here]</ref> on page 2, he meant for his scheme to be descriptive; these are seven things to look at when defining any worldview, secular or religious, and not a means of determining if something is or isn't a religion. The second sentence is talking about Daniel Smartt (two ts), pastor, who is interpreting (and misinterpreting, I believe) Ninian Smart's scheme, mistaking them for criteria. Read the reference and let me know if you agree.
Create this article: [[Atheism and infanticide]] [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 23:33, 27 March 2012 (EDT)
Create this article: [[Atheism and infanticide]] [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 23:33, 27 March 2012 (EDT)