Haha I've seen this in a few places and not found the answer. What does that mean?
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What does True Christian (TM) mean?
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Re: What does True Christian (TM) mean?
Post #2It is normally used in a satirical way when one is talikng of those who claim to be 'true christians". the 'tm' refers to trademark.ManBearPig wrote:Haha I've seen this in a few places and not found the answer. What does that mean?
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I see it is a subtle way to remind those folk of the 'no true scotsman' fallacy
"Whatever you are totally ignorant of, assert to be the explanation of everything else"
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"When I see I am nothing, that is wisdom. When I see I am everything, that is love. My life is a movement between these two."
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William James quoting Dr. Hodgson
"When I see I am nothing, that is wisdom. When I see I am everything, that is love. My life is a movement between these two."
Nisargadatta Maharaj
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This reminds me of the "no true Scottsman" argument.
It goes something like this:
"No true Scottsman eats sugar on his breakfast poridge(sp?)."
"My friend is a Scottsman and he puts sugar all over his breakfast every day."
"Yeah? Well no TRUE Scottsman would do that."
This is the reasoning Christians use to weasel out of responsibility for things like the Crusades, the Salem Witch Trials and most church attrocities. Those people who did all those bad things in the name of Christianity couldn't have been "true" Christians.
It goes something like this:
"No true Scottsman eats sugar on his breakfast poridge(sp?)."
"My friend is a Scottsman and he puts sugar all over his breakfast every day."
"Yeah? Well no TRUE Scottsman would do that."
This is the reasoning Christians use to weasel out of responsibility for things like the Crusades, the Salem Witch Trials and most church attrocities. Those people who did all those bad things in the name of Christianity couldn't have been "true" Christians.
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[sarcasm]Thanks for the insight. None of us had ever heard of the True Scotsman argument before.[/sarcasm]The Duke of Vandals wrote:This reminds me of the "no true Scottsman" argument.
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To be perfectly honest, I debated theology with Christians for YEARS before someone told me the no true scottsman argument. I thought it appropriate to bring up here just in case someone hadn't heard it yet like I hadn't.
