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Academia Has Fallen - Dr Paul A. Taylor
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We Pretend to Pretender to Believe
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There are levels of belief, and there's another funny example. An Ethiopian tribe called the Droze believe for some bizarre reason the leopard is a Christian animal. But on fast days when the leopard supposed to be fasting, which they believe he does, they saw God all their livestock. So we have this idea that primitive people have primitive beliefs. No, they have beliefs that they realize tie the community together,. They pick and choose what they truly believe. It's actually quite sophisticated and we as thicker westerners patronizingly. apply this to modern institutions. And what you get is ... nutty commissars who are born again but also cynical. There are others who are doing
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