Word: accept
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...risk of attempted revolt by officers adamantly opposed to any solution that did not keep Algeria an integral part of France. In De Gaulle's own Cabinet there would be outraged protests, perhaps even some resignations. And there was considerable doubt that Algeria's rebel leaders would accept De Gaulle's plan, however liberal it might prove; De Gaulle could only hope that his proposals would appeal to so many millions of war-weary Moslems that the rebels would in time be forced to come to terms...
...believes in God but is unjust to his neighbor will not. But this begs the question. And it leaves the way open for the proposition that man as well as God may formulate ethical systems, implying a relativism that the religious man will be unwilling to accept...
These findings are another instance of rather extreme apostasy on ethical matters of religion, and a determination to think such personal matters out for oneself, rather than accept Biblical dicta...
...very large degree, each Protestant Harvard student develops his own personal religion. He may accept many of his denomination's teachings, but chances are that he will temper this belief with "important reservations." Three out of every five Protestants in the poll who maintain their affiliation take religious teachings with several grains of salt...
Liberality in doctrinal interpretation is well illustrated by the canon of immortality Nearly every one of the 68 Protestant denominations in this country preaches external existence, but only 31.5 per cent of the Harvard Protestants accept this doctrine. On the other hand, nearly 75 per cent of the Harvard Catholics polled living in the same pragmatic, rational atmosphere retain their belief in immortality...