MrEdgarBass23h ago
PatternChaser

We seem to be having a lot of difficulty telling the difference between #religion and #nationality. It's not hard:

#Islam, #Judaism and #Christianity are religions.

#Israeli, British or #Iranian are nationalities.

Don't use "Muslim" as a nationality; it isn't one. Neither is "Jewish".

There, that's much clearer, isn't it? 👍 😀

Apr 2 at 11:13amWeb
Show thread🇨🇦🇩🇪🇨🇳张殿李🇨🇳🇩🇪🇨🇦13h ago
@PatternChaser Now do Confucianism. 😆
Show threadPatternChaser2h ago

@ZDL The Eastern 'religions' are very different in character to our Western ones. More philosophical, and a lot less *exclusive*. Myself, I follow Taoism, in a Gaian sort of way. 😉

But Confucianism is not a nationality, at least. I think I'd call it part religion, and part ideology/philosophy?

Show thread🇨🇦🇩🇪🇨🇳张殿李🇨🇳🇩🇪🇨🇦1h ago
@PatternChaser Confucianism (not a thing, but best possible term for it in English) is pretty much the religion of Chinese state. (Not modern Chinese state. Yet. But historically.) It just doesn't fit any western mould of what a religion is (hence the silly name "Confucianism") and thus gets hammered into the uncomfortable western framework.