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June 29, 2004

Does this matrix make sense?

Check it:

  Particularistic Universalistic
Exclusivistic Judaism   Islam/conservative Christianity 
Pluralistic Hinduism/Daoism/Shintoism   Liberalism/liberal Christianity/Buddhism   

Does this make any sense? Just a general impression that I wanted to recast in matrix form. There seems a contradiction in pluralistic universalism....

Addendum: Please note that I'm making idealized generalizations about the systems of belief. In practice, the typical Jew, Muslim, Hindu and Christian are quite similar in their day-to-day behavior, to a far greater extent than a axiomatic reading of their religious system would indicate. The differences begin to manifest themselves when you sum up the collective behavior of groups of humans and you intregate over time

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Posted by razib at 12:52 PM