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The Cult of Free Inquiry is incipient religious group whose keynote is
the pursuit of truth. The Draft Fundamental Principles of the Cult of Free
Inquiry are as follows:
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Representations of truth and beauty have value.
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The creation and spread of such representations does
take place in social context. Common decency is needed to provide a favorable
social context. However, unsound social justifications of false assertions
should not be accepted as truth.
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Peaceful discussion and debate between different, even
contradictory points of view has often resulted in an advance in knowledge.
Suppression of unwanted assertions has often hampered the advance of knowledge.
Declarative questions must not be solved by an appeal to force.
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