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• s  characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards

• Regarding Social Security, the social program enshrined like no other in the theology of the Democratic base, Obama has said he is open to such politically heretical ideas as .
• Authored no later than the 2nd century by Christians whose beliefs were later deemed heretical, the gospel portrays Judas as a favored disciple and says his role in "sacrificing .
• Because Roman Catholics believe that theirs is the one only True Church, they are discouraged from attending heretical or schismatic religious servicesi.

• dissident
• heterodox

News & Articles

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• AP PHOTOS: Egypt's Sufis thrive despite attacks
  CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's Sufi Muslims say their places of worship are under threat by rising radicalism, as shrines sacred to them are coming under attack by Islamist hard-liners who deem them heretical.
  June 14, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News
• AP PHOTOS: Egypt's Sufis flock to shrines in ancient tradition despite attack from hard-liners
  CAIRO — Egypt's Sufi Muslims say their places of worship are under threat by rising radicalism, as shrines sacred to them are coming under attack by Islamist hard-liners who deem them heretical.
  June 14, 2013 - Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune
• Debunking The Narrative Of Silicon Valley's Innovation Might
  Mariana Mazzucato at TEDGlobal, June 2013 (photo: James Duncan) This is going to sound completely heretical to everything Forbes has stood for over 96 years (and The Economist for a few decades longer than that) but here goes: The real innovation engine in the global economy is not the entrepreneurial class
  June 13, 2013 - Forbes

Quotes

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• Jancis Robinson in FOXNews
  These pressures may even prompt European governments to _ "heretical as it may sound," Robinson said _ expand or adjust the strictly controlled regions where certain wines can be produced.
• George Orwell in Media Monitors Network
  The purpose of Newspeak,wrote Orwell, "was to make all other modes of thought impossible. It was intended that when Newspeak had been adopted once and for all, and Oldspeak [standard English] forgotten, a heretical thought: would be...
• Kevin Rudd in NEWS.com.au
  You will be seeing a defined concrete industry policy in the future. I am actually a long-term believer in industry policy - that may be heretical in certain quarters,Mr Rudd said.