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Originally Posted by desertgrandma
I was trying to be humorous. RM and I go back a long way, and I would never seriously call her names, and I am sure you didn't mean your remark that way either.
The problem with the academic study of religion, or any other field, is that it rarely translates to real life.
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It's OK, DG. I understand that you weren't trying to call me names. That was all Gideon.
The problem with the academic study of "religion" is that it apparently excludes the study of atheistic philosophy. It's more pomp than circumstance.
However, not all academics know what they are talking about .... I once had a religious studies professor sit there with a straight face and try to argue that the story of Apollo was the same as that of Jesus ... no, really ... apparently identical. Not just the idea of the sun's death and rebirth each day, but that Apollo and Jesus were the same figure in his view.
Academics .... where would we be without them. (One can only dream ....)