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Word: agnosticism (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Politics seldom makes stranger bedfellows than Jesse Jackson and his campaign chairman, California Assembly Speaker Willie Brown. They are Mr. Outside and Mr. Inside: a true believer with a provocative message advised by a hard- bitten political agnostic for whom election to office has become not a means but an...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jesse Jackson's Alter Ego | 6/13/1988 | See Source »

Since 1917, the British mail service has bolstered revenues by selling stamp space. But Slennett's slogan has raised a ruckus and has prompted the National Secular Society, which claims that about 26% of Britons are atheist or agnostic, to retaliate in kind. It is stamping its envelopes with the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Britain: What a Mailstrom! | 3/14/1988 | See Source »

His third suggestion, the Overpowering Assumption, I think, is best. But not for the reasons he suggests--that the assumption is so cosmic that it might be accepted. It is rarely "accepted;" we aren't here to accept or reject, we're here to be amused. The more dazzling, personal...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Grader's Reply | 1/20/1988 | See Source »

His third suggestion, the Overpowering Assumption, I think is the best: but not for the reasons he suggests--that the assumption is so cosmic it may sometimes be accepted. It is rarely "accepted"; we aren't here to accept or reject, we're here to be amused. The more dazzling...

Author: By A Grader, | Title: A Grader's Response | 8/18/1987 | See Source »

When it comes to political and social issues, I find I generally agree with a group of people, many of whom are atheist, or at least agnostic. I have a good friend who mocks prejudice with "Oh, that's as silly as believing in God."

Author: By Brooke A. Masters, | Title: Searching for Religion's Middle Ground | 8/4/1987 | See Source »

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