Beet
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« on: August 02, 2013, 01:09:55 AM » |
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I think modern cultural liberals tend to be more on the individualistic side of the individualist/communitarian divide, as Progressive Realist was describing. We focus more on finding ourselves internally and coming to personal terms with our own interpretation of spirituality than doing it out of a sense of tradition or group belonging. This comes out of the 60s ethos. You can see it with the rise of the New Age movements of the 60s and their focus on personal meditation, direct experience, self-help and motivational psychology.
For example me. I'm a Christian, yet I belong to no church, and I feel no church's nature or doctrine represents my personal interpretation of Christianity. Nor does my faith terribly alter my actions on a day-to-day basis. It's what Ernest would call rather useless. Some of you won't even consider me a Christian when I tell you I haven't been baptized and I think the Baha'i Faith is awfully close to the truth as well. Nonetheless, it's the only faith I have.
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