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As I have said ....
Truth is ... but many say it isn't. ~ the HERETIC ~
Assumption : the foundational Doctrine of almost every Religion today. ~ The HERETIC ~
Believers staunchly defend their theologies and church traditions,
but in order to do so, they reject the plain and simple "it is written". ~ the HERETIC ~
There a times when it would be more beneficial to talk to a rubber chicken. ~ the HERETIC ~
Quotes.
A Heretic is a man who sees with his own eyes.
~ Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
Heresy is another word for freedom of thought.
~
Graham Greene
“Heresy," by the way, simply means "choice." It came to mean "thoughtcrime,
" implying it was blasphemy to presume to choose your own belief instead of swallowing what the bishops spoonfed you.”
~ Robert M. Price
Heresiologist : A student or specialist of heresies.
Heresyphobia (s) (noun),
Heresyphobias (pl)
- An excessive fear of challenges to official religious doctrine or a dread of radical deviations from the "orthodox" view:
Sally went to church every Sunday like she had been doing all of her life, and was frightened of extreme and non-sacred ways of thinking and behaving, and, affected by heresyphobia, avoided everything having to do with questioning the teachings of the church.
Heretic (HAIR uh tik) (s) (noun), heretics (pl)
- 1. A professed believer in God who has certain religious opinions which are contrary to those accepted by his or her church or who rejects some doctrines that are considered to be correct by that religion: Martin Luther was a German theologian and leader of the Reformation who was considered to be a heretic by the Catholic hierarchy because of his opposition to the wealth and corruption of the papacy and his belief that salvation was granted on the basis of faith in God and not by works or deeds.
- 2. A person who does not conform to an established attitude, doctrine, or principle in politics or any other socially accepted custom or belief: Alice was a finance officer who didn’t mind being named a heretic when she decided to donate some of the profits of the company to a charity organization instead of giving all of the managers another raise.
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