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But it seems to me that there is a crucial difference between believing something and believing it utterly. And regardless of his or her beliefs, it seems to me that in a democracy, every citizen has an obligation to recognize that just because you believe something doesn’t make it so. We wouldn’t want to go around beating on each other over a misapplied allegory, a misinterpreted metaphor, a bad translation or a mystical mistake — would we, Mr. Day?
By JOHN MACLACHLAN GRAY
Wednesday, March13, 2002
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