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One of the offshoots of blind faith is anti-intellectualism.  This is rampant in the message.
One of the offshoots of blind faith is anti-intellectualism.  This is rampant in the message.


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=The proper use of reasoning=
=The proper use of reasoning=
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Many in the message and, indeed many Christian fundamentalists point to this scripture to oppose any attempt at using reason to understand the Bible:
Many in the message and, indeed many Christian fundamentalists point to this scripture to oppose any attempt at using reason to understand the Bible: