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NancyLebovitz comments on [POLITICS] Jihadism and a new kind of existential threat - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: NancyLebovitz 26 March 2015 06:01:56PM 0 points [-]

Also, I'm not sure what an Islamic Reformation would mean. Islam is already pretty decentralized.

Comment author: Lumifer 26 March 2015 06:16:18PM 0 points [-]

Also, I'm not sure what an Islamic Reformation would mean.

I would mean the separation of religion and profane life into separate magisteria.

The problem with Islam is that it claims to be a total religion which guides all aspects of human life including politics, art, etc. Islam never had a "render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's" moment and routinely calls the Christian separation of sacred and profane life "schizophrenic".

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 26 March 2015 10:04:08PM 0 points [-]

The idea that religion shouldn't be all of life is a good idea, but I don't think that's what most people mean by a Reformation.