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Conrad Black

A quest for knowledge is not a war with faith spirituality is not usually an infelicitous amalgam of superstition and philistinism and moral relativism, taken outside midfield, leads inexorably both to heresy and to secular wickedness, which are often ide
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Seeking knowledge should not be seen as a battle against religious belief, and spirituality generally does not combine poorly with ignorance and a lack of culture. When moral relativism is applied without balance, it inevitably results in both religious error and secular wrongdoing, which are frequently linked.

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