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Old 09-01-2011, 02:08 PM
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Originally Posted by diamondsoul View Post
Rob Preece, a practising Buddhist, wrote this insightful piece about this tendency in organized religion. The tendency to circle the wagons around an orthodoxy and to exclude all those who are progressive or innovators.
Sounds like modern American conservatism, writ large. I guess with their theocratic streak, this should come as no surprise.
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