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It is a belief or practice resulting from ig norance: fear of the unknown, trust in magic or chance, or a false conception of causation; an irrational, nonscientific subjective attitude of mind toward the supernatural, nature, or God, resulting from belief in the unknown or unprovable.
God is Not a Christian, Nor a Jew, Muslim, Hindu … Carlton Pearson 2010
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"I will explain for the benefit of the one who pleads ig - norance," the voice said.
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It is a belief or practice resulting from ig norance: fear of the unknown, trust in magic or chance, or a false conception of causation; an irrational, nonscientific subjective attitude of mind toward the supernatural, nature, or God, resulting from belief in the unknown or unprovable.
God is Not a Christian, Nor a Jew, Muslim, Hindu … Carlton Pearson 2010
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It is a belief or practice resulting from ig norance: fear of the unknown, trust in magic or chance, or a false conception of causation; an irrational, nonscientific subjective attitude of mind toward the supernatural, nature, or God, resulting from belief in the unknown or unprovable.
God is Not a Christian, Nor a Jew, Muslim, Hindu … Carlton Pearson 2010
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It is a belief or practice resulting from ig norance: fear of the unknown, trust in magic or chance, or a false conception of causation; an irrational, nonscientific subjective attitude of mind toward the supernatural, nature, or God, resulting from belief in the unknown or unprovable.
God is Not a Christian, Nor a Jew, Muslim, Hindu … Carlton Pearson 2010
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Saltzmann grunted, mumbled something about the ig-norance of today's youth, and pointed at the back of the chair.
The Metrognome and Other Stories Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1990
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"I will explain for the benefit of the one who pleads ig - norance," the voice said.
Unicorn Point Anthony, Piers 1989
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Most people had no awareness of the curtain, and there was a tacit agreement among curtain-crossers that the ig - norance of such people be allowed to remain pristine.
Blue Adept Anthony, Piers 1981
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Nor does a just man choose evil volun - tarily for the explanation of this choice is always ig - norance.
FREE WILL AND DETERMINISM BERNARD BEROFSKY 1968
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The Mahabharata (XIV, xxii) gives a debate between the mind and the perceiving organs, the point of which is that human arrogance comes from an ig - norance of how the members of society must cooperate.
Dictionary of the History of Ideas DAVID G. HALE 1968
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