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Originally posted by GoneA+Oct 5 2005, 01:37 AM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(GoneA @ Oct 5 2005, 01:37 AM)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteBegin-jay_too@Oct 5 2005, 12:54 AM
sacrilegious adj. 1. Disrespectful toward something sacred:PROFANE 2. Guilty of sacrilege.
I doubt that sacrilegious was the appropriate word since Christians tend to be mortal and not part of the diety.
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The complete definition encompasses people as well.
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I have Webster's II, and that is the complete definition I have. For the record:
Sacrilege- desecration, profanation or theft of something sacred.
If you are asserting that the popularised meaning encompasses people, I won't argue that. I will state simply that I do not consider a person sacred just because they profess to follow a certain faith.
If I am not unrinating on the Bible or stealing the communion warfers from the church, I don't see how I am committing sacrilege, not that it would bother me if I did. This is another case, to me, of pseudo-Christians trying to cast a shadow over anyone not conforming to their views.