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is like sex, too important to leave to the professionals. It is a continuum within which all participate... we all function in art, use the skills of art, and engage in the action of artist every day.

Art, like sex, is too important to leave to the professionals. . . Art is not apart. It is a continuum within which all participate... we all function in art, use the skills of art, and engage in the action of artist every day. (Eric Booth)

 may hinge not on factual accuracy, but on 'expressive thinking' whereby one may not literally 'believe' that Barack Obama is a closet Muslim but they may nevertheless agree to the statement because they find Obama inauthentic, dishonest, or not a real American.

Religion is a useful metaphor for understanding true beliefs versus expressive thinking. Some religious people consider scriptures like the Bible literally true, word for word. Others believe in the Bible but consider it allegorical or figurative, not factual. In the Obama-Muslim scenario, this is like the difference between a person believing Barack Obama literally is a closet Muslim and a person who agrees because he finds Obama inauthentic, dishonest, or not a real American. Such a response doesn't hinge on the factual accuracy of the Obama-Muslim claim.

is the central act of reading the world... it must become a habit.

Posing questions is the central act of reading the world... it must become a habit. (Eric Booth)

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