Holy, Holy, Holy

[poliphilo]

Whenever we hear the word "holy" these days- holy city, holy mosque, holy man- it seems to be in the context of people being killed.

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Re: I fear you are correct.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I wonder what we mean by the word "holy". Does it have any content at all?

Perhaps we should stop using the word "holy" and substitute something neutral like "religiously significant". Why do we have to play along with the language of religious fanaticism?