Sacred Landscapes

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A Man Utd fan is free to regard Old Trafford as sacred, however, I can only repeat, that doesn`t make it, actually, sacred.

And I say again that sacred is by definition 'subjective' . You saying that something is NOT sacred is easily as subject to criticism (if not moreso) than those finding sanctitiy in a place or object. Your denial of their experience is just denial? Or else it is an attempt to rate which can or not be 'sacred'. or else you deny 'sacred' as a concept. because it is that; a concept. Concept scan be useful or not, i find. That's how I appreciate it. Thanks for replying, I find this stimulating discussion :-)

>or else you deny 'sacred' as a concept. because it is that; a concept.

That`s the one.

I can understand a ManU fan calling Old Trafford sacred.....jokingly.....because then he/she would be implying that it had some connection with a deity. That is the way that the word has become to be used outside of a religious context, i.e, to imply that that it *has* got some spiritual connection, even though we wouldn`t normally regard it as having so.

So, when `sacred landscapes` is mentioned, I immediately regard it as meaning a landscape with some sort of religious significance, I don`t see what else it can mean. As the word`s root *is* from religion and that is still it`s primary place (within religion), to use it other than in a religious context is misleading.


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