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trotsky

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4. I disagree, because she clarifies exactly how she uses the word.

Reply to whatthehey (Reply #3)

Fri May 29, 2015, 05:02 PM

May 2015

"Individualism puts the self first, which doesn't always fit well with the commitment to the institution and other people that religion often requires"

Not just someone who "follows their own path," as you put it, but someone who puts themselves FIRST and doesn't like to commit to other people. I.e., a selfish person.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/individualism

You are rolling with definition #2. The professor is favoring definition #3.

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The Least Religious Generation [View all] trotsky May 2015 OP

Right you are...I believe religion is failing because it's too exclusive mountain grammy May 2015 #1

Yeah, how fucking stupid can they get? Warpy May 2015 #2

I don't see it that way. Individualistic does not mean selfish; it means nonconforming whatthehey May 2015 #3

I disagree, because she clarifies exactly how she uses the word. trotsky May 2015 #4