Armstrong
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By asserting a monolithic expression of religious experience and therefore religiosity (Deen the same as Duniya), you are denying variety of experience and expression. You then assert that you do not justify anything while denying the validity of an individual's experience to themselves (Meaning and Purpose of Religion) - or may be you are just having some fun running us in tautologies? Badmashi? on PDF?
On the contrary I never asserted a monolithic expression of religious experience nor did I deny the validity of an individual's experience to themselves for those are your deductions arrived at by an already made up mind at a point of your own choosing.
My only contention is that if there be such a thing as 'knowledge' then it just 'knowledge' without any of the prefixes or suffixes attached to it; its our perception that interprets it differently & bifurcates it between different compartments. Your use of the term 'Religious Sciences' &, if I may, 'Other Sciences' are two different manifestations of the same thing due to different perceptions of each individual & the limitations or the excellence of the human mind.
How in God's name does such a proclamation gets misconstrued to denying the variety of human experience & expression ? Do you even know what the word 'perspective' means & how many times I've used it !
Secondly my contention is that the meaning & purpose of religion is the 'human experience' which in itself is after all 'individual expression & experience' ! And that is precisely why, I believe, both the Deen & the Dunya should be taken in the same stride as manifestations of the same. If Deen is supposed to be 'Human Experience' then what the heck is 'Dunya' if not 'Human Experience' as well & if Deen isn't 'Human Experience' then what in God's name would doing yoga 5 times a day achieve for the present when apparently, any deity worth its salt, doesn't need it.
How does any of the above becomes me denying the validity of an individual's experience, opinion, expression or even me forcing anything on them ? Where did I forced them to conform or I'd pull the trigger ?