The idea of the sacred is quite simply one of the most conservative no…

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The idea of the sacred is quite simply one of the most conservative notions in any culture, because it seeks to turn other ideas - uncertainty, progress, change - into crimes. ✨ Salman Rushdie (1990). Is nothing sacred?, Penguin (Non-Classics)
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