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In reply to the discussion: If someone publicly claims to be an adherent to a religion, [View all]Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)34. You still have it backwards
Meanwhile the analogy used only serves to obfuscate rather than clarify, which is often the case when no analogy is needed, yet offered anyway.
A more relevant question to the OP, that needs no analogy, is if the Pope says something intolerant, does that tarnish Catholicism? The answer is self-evident.
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This is a majority Protestant country, though not over 50% of the pop., I don't think.
Mc Mike
May 2018
#6
If somebody claims to be a member of X, does that claim firmly attach X to the person's behavior?
struggle4progress
May 2018
#24
If someone self-identifies as a scientist, then behaves badly, does that tarnish scientists?
struggle4progress
May 2018
#33