Religion: Sacred cow of the US Supreme Court – OpEdNews
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Religion: Sacred cow of the US Supreme Court
OpEdNews To follow the Constitution those individuals are required to act independent of their own religious philosophy and fears in delivering laws [and interpretations] pure and absent any respect for religion or religion's questionable quest. |
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Oasis for Resisting Status Symbols Just Might Get One – New York Times
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Oasis for Resisting Status Symbols Just Might Get One
New York Times In his 1962 book, “The Joyous Cosmology,” Mr. Watts, the English-born popularizer of Eastern religion and philosophy, described sitting amid fuchsia and hummingbirds with fellow residents, eating homemade bread and drinking white wine. |
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Religious affiliation and the presidency – Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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Religious affiliation and the presidency
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Is there any case in which the religious commitment of a president (or lack of it) seriously affected religion in general or national policies? Arguably Thomas Jefferson's 1802 letter to the Danbury Baptists interpreting the First Amendment as … |
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Philosophy — What’s the Use? – New York Times (blog)
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Philosophy— What's the Use?
New York Times (blog) But religious commitment need not exclude a commitment to coherent thought. For instance, often enough believers want to know if their belief in God makes sense given the reality of evil. The philosophy of religion is full of discussions relevant to … |
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New Swedish religion gets file-sharing right – Daily Trojan Online
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New Swedish religion gets file-sharing right
Daily Trojan Online Kopimism was founded by a 19-year-old philosophy student. Like us, he's used to having megabytes upon megabytes of information at his fingertips; he's used to accessing images, texts and sound with little to no restriction. The way Gerson sees it, … |
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Ethics without Philosophers (the Appalling State of Affairs in Business) – Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies
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Ethics without Philosophers (the Appalling State of Affairs in Business)
Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies Except for one professor who wanted to relate every ethical decision to religion (specifically the bible–ugh!), there was not a lot of talk about what the "right thing to do" is or why we should do it. So, for now, I sit in academia, … |
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Author Alain de Botton Plans to Build Temples for Godless Londoners – ARTINFO
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Author Alain de Botton Plans to Build Temples for Godless Londoners
ARTINFO The best-selling author of such self-enlightenment tomes as "The Consolations of Philosophy" has laid out his plans in his latest book, "Religion for Atheists," in which he claims that some of religion's human values and community-forging rituals could … |
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South Dakota House urges public school districts to add study of Bible to … – The Republic
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South Dakota House urges public school districts to add study of Bible to …
The Republic "It permeates all culture, law and philosophy," Hickey said. The measure encourages school districts to provide instruction that makes students familiar with the content, characters and narratives of the Bible. It says the instruction also should make … |
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Fearless Philosopher Vivekananda – Times of India
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Fearless Philosopher Vivekananda
Times of India Stressing the essentials of religious faith, he linked up the various aspects of the Hindu religion and philosophy and seemed to represent all of them in his own person. Indeed he brought within his fold other religions also. |
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Federalism problématique Philosophy‚ theory or principle? – Himalayan Times
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Federalism problématique Philosophy‚ theory or principle?
Himalayan Times The liberty of individual guaranteed by the interlocking principles of the US constitution forms the basis of American constitutionalism, which as its “civic religion” underpins its democratic governance, republicanism and federalism. |
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