To: inquest
"There would still have to be an official organization, otherwise anybody could just up and call himself an imam."
Yep. That would be the case. Though not everyone would have to agree, or listen to him. It is more of a bottom-up thing than a top-down thing.
701 posted on
08/21/2003 2:29:35 PM PDT by
lugsoul
To: lugsoul
""There would still have to be an official organization, otherwise anybody could just up and call himself an imam."
Yep. That would be the case. Though not everyone would have to agree, or listen to him. It is more of a bottom-up thing than a top-down thing."
Not that much different from Protestant Christianity, really. Anyone can start a church and declare him/herself a minister. You can just start preaching. If you can attract a following, then you have a viable Christian church. There are so many of them around here that were started just that way.
705 posted on
08/21/2003 2:35:41 PM PDT by
MineralMan
(godless atheist)
To: lugsoul
"There would still have to be an official organization, otherwise anybody could just up and call himself an imam." Yep. That would be the case. Though not everyone would have to agree, or listen to him. It is more of a bottom-up thing than a top-down thing.
Then it sounds like what you're describing is freedom of religion. In what way is it "established"?
899 posted on
08/22/2003 7:03:06 AM PDT by
inquest
(We are NOT the world)
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