creed

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anti-drug
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creed
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hot take
idea
pole
politics
posture
pretension
prism
proposition
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Religious beliefs & atheistic beliefs

Examples from literature

For twenty-five centuries it has been the "credo" of the profession, and in many universities it is still the formula with which men are admitted to the doctorate. 
The word "creed"—derived from the Latin " credo, I believe"—is, in its ecclesiastical sense, used to denote a summary or concise statement of doctrines formulated and accepted by a church. 
To those who love the poets most, who care most for their ideals, this little book ought to be the one indispensable book of devotion, the credo of the poetic faith. 

credo | American Dictionary

credo
noun[ C ]
us/ˈkri·doʊ, ˈkreɪ-/pluralcredos
a statement of basic belief:
His credo is "Less is more."

Examples of credo

credo
This credo amounts to the central thesis of the book.
This chapter will no doubt become a credo of modern neuropsychiatry and should be required reading for all trainees in the clinical neurosciences.
We do not accept this functionalist credo and hold a different standpoint.
Why, then, does he hammer so loudly his physicalist credo?
The revolutionary ethical credo is that humans are not above or outside of nature.
The core of this tradition is the credo that all architectural production is inherently an act of instauration.
My conversation with this credo, like all conversations, must involve misunderstanding.
Yes, it sounds like a political credo, but it does reflect an attitude, a pragmatic motive for diversification.
What happens if we listen to this credo?
Let me just state my credo regarding the basis on which such an elaboration might proceed.
Its literal representation is to be found in the use of the word credo during the early ceremonies of baptism.
It is a credo that runs through his life's work: music must stir up, awaken consciousness and conscience, socialise, humanize.
The value of long education for the economy is a political credo, widely believed, but the evidence is tenuous.
The credo also blocks interpretation, by channelling it into narrower limits, defined by the authority of that voice.
This is the second-hander's credo now swallowing the world.
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