I believe no group can claim a lock on those traits.
What is Theism Reducible to?
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Yes, the fundamentalists. Just goes to show: it takes all kinds to make a world.
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'It takes all kinds to make a world'. Indeed.
So isn't that what all 'isms' are reducible to ?
Human impulse, desire and need to control or improve self and others. In philosophy, politics, religion, psychology... it's all about competing stories.
Theism would seem to be in the top 10 and still the most powerful people controller. Humanism comes in where...
' An ism is a suffix in many English words, originally derived from the Ancient Greek suffix -ισμός (-ismós), and reaching English through the Latin -ismus, and the French -isme.[1] It means "taking side with" or "imitation of", and is often used to describe philosophies, theories, religions, social movements, artistic movements and behaviors.[2] The suffix "-ism" is neutral and therefore bears no connotations associated with any of the many ideologies it identifies; such determinations can only be informed by public opinion regarding specific ideologies.
The concept of an -ism may resemble that of a grand narrative.'
From: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/-ism
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Depends on one's palate I think, but apparently Gary Larson agrees with you -- http://i.imgur.com/QbUW88T.jpg
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Felix wrote: ↑January 2nd, 2019, 6:01 pm Belinda: "if a baker falls asleep at a critical juncture of the bread making process there will still remain something edible after each and every stage."
Depends on one's palate I think, but apparently Gary Larson agrees with you -- http://i.imgur.com/QbUW88T.jpg
True. We cannot all be geniuses.
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