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literalism
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literalism
literal or realistic portrayal in art or literature


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More specifically, people who have an intrinsic, literalistic approach to their faith are more likely to have moral objections to stem cell research than those with a more open, questing religious orientation.
Deller was right, it seems to me, in suggesting that a root cause of harmful prejudice in a range of social issues can be found in a literalistic reading of a supposedly inerrant text--whether Bible or Qur'an.
Justice Scalia, writing the majority opinion in the ease, ignored one Second Amendment clause--"A well-regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state"--in favor of a literalistic application of the other clause--"the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.
 
 
 
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