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Definicija reči herectic (jeretnik):

A person who holds controversial opinions, especially one who publicly dissents from the officially accepted dogma of the Roman Catholic Church.

Etimologija:

Middle English heretik, from Old French heretique, from Late Latin haereticus, from Greek hairetikos, able to choose, factious, from hairetos, chosen, from haireisthai, to choose ; see heresy

Izvor: Yahoo Dictionary.

Zanimljivo poreklo reči. Jednostavno je, ali i glupo osuditi se na slepo verovanje u dogme (koje pri tom nisu ni tačne). Slobodnu misao i upotrebljavanje mozga za preispitavanje sveta oko sebe i rešavanje problema je nešto što treba ohrabrivati, a ne gušiti.