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Scott Atran on Sacred Values

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The Importance of Sacred Values

Some sacred values are not incompatible, but there are sacred values that seem to clash against each other. What can be done about that when you have incompatible sacred values? Well you can't treat them like in business like negotiations or standard political negotiations - they can be refrained and reprioritized. So Jerusalem need not be the physical Jerusalem with its present boundaries. One could define Jerusalem partly in terms of its physical territory, but also as a portal to heaven... both sides have access to this portal to heaven.

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