But then, Europe rid itself of God by means of the great philosophical currents and schisms, by setting up laicised institutions. |
Generally, not only in abrahamic religions, schisms are provoked by the immediacy of a religion's creation, when the incidents are closely known. |
But the splits that fractured the women's movement are hairline cracks compared with the schisms within the Pankhurst family itself. |
But among ferocious ideologues, similar roots are no guarantee of mutual sympathy when schisms occur. |
Great schisms have developed on such issues as biotechnology, agriculture, services, and culture. |
Some of the nation's automotive schisms are well known, of course, and stand to reason. |