seriously speaking
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In a general way, fundamentalism of any stripe is a decadent form of faith or philosophy. It categorically applies shallow literalist interpretations to profoundly mysterious ideas and as such must be seen as a ‘democratisation’ of religion. After all, anyone can be shallow and literal with a minimum of training. Again, this must be made [...]