“Someone who resembles us in so many ways and differs from us in but one characteristic threatens us much more than the totally other or alien.” – Rethinking Pluralism
A couple of days ago I wrote about how the emerging Atheism+ movement appears to be trying to dissociate itself from the "near other," and suggested that this particular form of othering sits at the heart of sectarianism.
reblogged - as although I have a different angle - http://dispirited.org/2012/08/30/atheism-plus-or-not-or-something-else/ - I can't resist that Venn diagram!
