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Sunday, August 21, 2005
Dangers of Dogmatism
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lthough Hitler and Stalin were technically secularists, they killed millions. Both communism and fascism function as religious dogmas in that they spawn a "true-believer" mentality. A skeptical secularist has no interest in subscribing to quasi-dogmatic ideologies.
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have no doubt that if religious groups in the past had had access to the weapons of the 20th century, this world would have ceased to exist a long time ago. Religious dogma and all dogma that demands the subordination of reason to faith is and always will be one of the most serious threats to humankind.
Posted by fm on August 21, 2005 at 11:53 AM