[OSM-talk] religion and places_of_worship

Gervase Markham gerv-gmane at gerv.net
Sun Nov 4 21:28:21 GMT 2007


graham wrote:
> Then for consistency, should we switch christian -> christianity, 
> sikh->sikhism, buddhist->bhuddism etc?
> 
> I thought the point of using an adjective was that it was a description 
> of the place_of_worship

This point occurred to me too.

In speech, one would say "A Christian place of worship", not "A place of 
worship used by people who believe in Christianity". So adjectives are 
correct.

christian

plus:
islamic
jewish
hindu
sikh
zoroastrian
buddhist
...

Gerv





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