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Originally Posted by Russ
You're almost there.
Culture has different meanings to different people. Culture is subjective.
There may be things we enjoy today that have a basis in other cultures and countries but in my view that doesn't distract them from being what I consider to be our culture today.
Things we (as a nation) did centuries ago should not necessarily be used to define us today.
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In the English language it is not subjective it has the 2 Noun definitions I outlined and a 3rd which is Verb and is where you maintain tissue or cells in a medium suitable for growth
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Originally Posted by Sephiroth
You're still doing the former:
I maintain that British culture is subliminal. However, that doesn't stop us from examining and commenting on other cultures.
Multi-culture is an interesting diversion. Let's take two examples that have similarities but also stark differences:
1 The Muslims
They derive their culture from centuries of imbuement in the Koran. When you read the Koran, its touch points on British culture are pretty much zero. There is a 90%+ uptake of the religion by British Muslim children. At the extreme end of Islam are the Iranians, Jihadists and so on.
There will be many British Muslims who have absorbed a considerable amount of British culture, but it is my perception that most of them remain governed by Islam.
2 The Jews
They derive their culture from the Old Testament, which is 50% (sort of) of the Christian influence. British Jews have integrated well into British culture and I'm sure the leakage of belief into atheism is not much different from British Christians. At the extreme end of Judaism are the Ultras who pretty-much bubble themselves into their mini-society. Their culture is based on the teachings of a particular past Rabbi in Eastern Europe. One thing the British ultras don't do is Jihad and all the terror that brings.
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I think the extremity in Islam is a lot broader than those who are radicle. I find the acts in countries such as Saudi Arabia despicable where they throw homosexuals off buildings and behead victims of rape. Many Islamic countries are extremely extreme in how they enforce Sharia law
The Jews,Muslims and Christians all believe in the same God only Christians believe the Messiah promised Abraham through the line of Isaac has come. Muslims believe Jesus was a Prophet the same as Mohammed