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Originally Posted by Dazrin
As I understand it we can discuss religion in direct relation to a book and it would be OK. The problem is keeping the discussion relevant and on-topic, which is exceedingly hard to do and generally doesn't last long.
As I read that, as long as there is a direct connection to the site's theme it should be OK. So discussing an author's viewpoint (including religion) in context of a book in the reading recommendations forum should be OK. It wouldn't be OK in the lounge or in the Kindle forum where an author's viewpoint wouldn't be relevant.
Of course, I'm not a mod and they might say otherwise.
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True enough on all points. I just mentioned it because well the world that a given author lived in had to have had some influence on them. Their observations of the world etc. For example how good and bad are rewarded by a given deity or deities (according to their worldview) would I think have had some impact on how they viewed the world and their fellow human beings and hence influenced their philosophies. I imagine reading some biographies (if they exist) on a given philosopher such as Plato or Aristotle would also help in understanding where they were coming from. To borrow an example from literature Charles Dickens grew up in a poor family and his father was at times in debtors prison while young Charles had to work at hard menial jobs to take care of himself. Later he borrowed from his own childhood to create characters like David Copperfield and Oliver Twist.