Beliefs
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The underlying message is that ancient India had all the answers, and thus that traditional and indigenous
beliefs
and practices must be fundamentally superior to imported modern ideas and lifestyles.
Rather, they are reminding the public that the worldview to which faith is allied is comprehensive, and that it demands adherence to a larger political project that prescribes
beliefs
and behaviors that actually have little to do with religion.
Despite the avowedly “free-market”
beliefs
of many Christian fundamentalists, as voters they support government-financed pensions, health care, and other public services.
Toleration and respect for people who have their own
beliefs
are right and perhaps necessary to preserve an enlightened world.
Meritocracy is at the core of American conservative
beliefs.
It underpins the doctrine known as mercantilism, which comprises a hoary set of
beliefs
discredited more than two centuries ago.
Ahn’s economic beliefs, formed mainly by his experiences as a CEO fighting against the entrenched power of South Korea’s chaebol (vast, politically well-connected industrial conglomerates), has rekindled a debate on both the right and the left about whether the chaebol are still capable of leading the country’s economy effectively.
They welcome it because it gives them the freedom to retain their religious identity and to familiarize others with their
beliefs.
The Republican Party recently issued a “Pledge to America” to explain its
beliefs
and campaign promises.
Similarly, mistaken
beliefs
are often a problem: for example, diabetes is referred to colloquially as “sugar,” and diabetics can erroneously believe that curbing sugar intake is the only thing they need to do.
To avoid this outcome, it is vital to purge certain reactionary and numbing beliefs, including the idea that reducing poverty obviates the need to address inequality, or that development is possible without introducing modern and progressive tax systems.
The circumcision issue is one gauge for measuring whether Western societies still value religious freedom enough to accommodate and appreciate a diversity of
beliefs
and practices.
As the United States has historically shown, tolerance means upholding a broader definition of people’s right to practice religion, or otherwise express their cultural identity, according to their beliefs, while withholding judgment on whether such
beliefs
are “right” or “wrong.”
Moreover, it is likely to discriminate against people who are either unaware of the donor-card system or tend to refuse to sign the card for reasons associated with religious
beliefs
or low trust in the medical authorities.
First, as a cultural species, humans acquire ideas, beliefs, values, and social norms from others in their communities, using cues of prestige, success, sex, dialect, and ethnicity.
Davos man is beginning to learn a much-needed lesson in humility, requiring him to ask which of his
beliefs
are foundational, and which need revision.
But only a foaming polemicist would deny that there is also a case for hiking rates sooner, as long as the Fed doesn’t throw random noise into the market by continuing to send spectacularly mixed signals about its
beliefs
and objectives.
We are, however, surprised at how few of them have marked their
beliefs
to market in any sense.
On the contrary, many of them, their reputations under water, have doubled down on those beliefs, apparently in the hope that events will, for once, break their way, and that people might thus be induced to forget their abysmal forecasting track record.
But we are all liable to seek information that confirms our
beliefs
and ignore information that challenges them.
Facts will not be checked by those whose
beliefs
depend on not checking them.
But what is alarming is how private religious
beliefs
and morals have increasingly shaped the secular agenda of America, whose Founding Fathers had specifically designed the Constitution to separate state and church.
In this they are not entirely dissimilar from the totalitarian leaders of fascist movements, who likewise built on popular frustration to pursue an essentially destructive purpose in the name of anti-modern
beliefs
and promises.
One of the highest barriers to gender parity, however, may be deeply held
beliefs
and attitudes.
Rather, the question was argued in terms of culture and faith, with Jewish
beliefs
and customs deemed incompatible with modern, enlightened Western values.
It is more important to belong than to have a certain set of
beliefs.
What we know about the mindset of terrorists tells us that they are mostly not deranged or insane, but have acquired a different set of
beliefs
and been exposed to social conditions very different from our own.
The unrest caught most people by surprise – both inside and outside the region – and has fundamentally upended at least five conventional
beliefs
about the Arab world.
As the situation deteriorated, one might have guessed that the IMF would mark its
beliefs
to market, as it were, and adopt a more cautious tone.
But the boom generated by such
beliefs
cannot go on forever, because prices can’t go up forever, and there are already signs of a hard landing.
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