( I'm not a huge fan of Jon Stewart... )

Tags: philosophy, politics - general

A character on this week's NUMB3RS remarked that, while talking about another character, that the challenge in building a balanced picture of them was "separating the ugliness of their dogma from the sincerity of their faith."

I think that's one of the more succinct ways of expressing a challenge we all face, on one level or another. But we have to face it, otherwise, we do not know if we are truly dealing with dogma -- or simply the expression of our own fears and prejudices, projected on to others.

Tags: philosophy