Stuart's Daily Word Spot: Enlightenment

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Enlightenment: noun - mentally or spirituallyenlightening; the state of being enlightened; the Enlightenment - thephilosophical movement that occurred in Europe in the 18th century when reasonand individualism started to be emphasized instead of tradition.
'Julie's face lit up withenlightenment as, after years of labouring under the false dogma of the sect,she understood that the organisation existed only to glorify and support itscharismatic leader.'
5th November is Guy Fawkesnight in the UK, when the innocent and guilty alike celebrate the execution ofa man and his cohorts who attempted to murder the then king, so they couldreplace him with a Roman Catholic monarch. That they would have killed manyothers along with their intended victim illustrates the fact that terroristshave long held the general populace in contempt, caring nothing for the livesof other people and blinded by what is often religious dogma.