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I am British and proud of the fact. The fact that I am a Christian has no bearing on this I do not say I am a British Christian! Why then do people from other religions do this eg I'm a British Sikh or I'm a British Muslim! No disrespect to anyones culture or religion but surely you are either British or some other nationality and religion is a totally different thing. I am trying to understand why this has to be brought into the question what is your nationality?

2006-07-08 05:30:57 · 19 answers · asked by guappo 1 in Society & Culture Other - Society & Culture

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I think people do that because they forget that religion is very individual ,i.e either you believe or you don't ,religion is very much between you and the path of truth ,you own salvation and liberation ,infact you are destined to be you own savior or sinner .

Other than that ,perhaps there is some misintepretations between the role of politics and religion ,and thus ocurrence of some overlapping to that effect ,the domains is not clearly defined .

When politics start to creep into the domain of religion ,or religion is used by the ruling elites to justify their rule,the borderline between religion and nationality started to blur up and get corrupted ...

2006-07-08 05:48:10 · answer #1 · answered by meaa 2 · 2 0

In most countries historically your religion defined you nationally. In countries with more than one religion, your religion still defines many things about your status, your place of residence, your politics, and etc. It has only been in recent historical times that religion and nationality have not had deep seated meaning in daily life. If you considered English history more deeply you could understand the answer to your own question more thoroughly.

2006-07-08 12:40:01 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Because sometimes the minority have not been recognised as part of the culture in which they live and so to "glue" their community they retain some measure of identity with those who are willing to share and integrate. Conversely it allows people and groups to maintain a victim position by arguing that they do not like the way things are and the majority wont recognise us so in any way we can we will choose to be marginalised and blame the majority. Religion is dissociation from personal responsibility.

2006-07-08 12:43:38 · answer #3 · answered by ken b 2 · 0 0

I do not know. In most cases nationality and religion are accidents of birth . Some people change one or the other, or both, but most seem to stick with the nationality and religion they were born with. We need more independent thinkers.

2006-07-08 12:56:53 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

As vulnerable human and spiritual beings we hunger after being known, of being a part of a greater whole. I think insecurity about self identity could be part of the answer, as well as wanting to be part of a distinct community. There should be 'theologically' no differences between nationalities when expresssing faiths.. but our exposure to the cultural environments we originate from, are so varied, they seem to naturally divide us into different typologies. I have met American, African, Italian Christians who share the same faith but who expres it differently according to the norms and values of their culture.

2006-07-08 14:44:12 · answer #5 · answered by david l 3 · 0 0

You have a good question here I also wonder why religion or nationality has to be brought into every thing-

2006-07-08 12:36:45 · answer #6 · answered by wancarol 4 · 0 0

some nations are started because if religion. A group of people separate themselves and start a nation without opposition.

2006-07-08 12:34:18 · answer #7 · answered by 4 · 0 0

Religion was spread across the continents in the way of messangers of god. It is not labeling people its merely fact. This might bother you but it is the same everywhere else.

Why does it hafe to be brought up? BECAUSE years ago the religous messangers died to spread the name of their god. Whatever religion was the majority then, basically is now.

2006-07-08 12:34:02 · answer #8 · answered by Poestalker 4 · 0 0

In our western tradition, Church and State are two different entities. Islam has not learned to separate the two, and what with religious authorities holding power in Islamic states, the split is not for tomorrow.

2006-07-08 12:36:27 · answer #9 · answered by robert43041 7 · 0 0

Could be because people define themselves by those two factors (a) religion, (b) nationality -- in lieu of culture.

I am a Christian (e.g., see http://www.godsci.org/gs/chri/testimony/seek.html ).

Cordially,
John

2006-07-08 12:34:53 · answer #10 · answered by John 6 · 0 0

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