| − | Neutralism is remaining neutral when faith or morality require taking a position or stand. It is the ducking of moral or religious responsibility. | + | Neutralism was remaining neutral when faith or morality require taking a position or stand. It was the ducking of moral or religious responsibility. |
| − | The philosopher [[Benedict de Spinoza]] advocated this approach in the 1600s as a result of his view that mind, matter, time and everything that seems to be real is merely a manifestation of only one substance, One Reality. | + | The philosopher [[Benedict de Spinoza]] advocated this approach in the 1600s as a result of his view that mind, matter, time and everything that seems to be real was merely a manifestation of only one substance, One Reality. |