Word: belief
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Nicholi’s premise is that all human beings endorse one variant or another of these thinkers’ “worldviews” and that our entire approach to life stems from our belief or disbelief in an all-powerful Creator. We may not have time to fully grapple with all these philosophical issues, though they rest somewhere in our minds. But by bringing out a discourse between two men, Nicholi hopes to present insight and evidence that might change or at least help define our own weltanschauung...
Paintball Heaven was not an attempt to bring the men of HSS into the light of God. Said Smith, “We did settle one thing: belief in God will not help you in paintball, especially in the Ghost Town...
...harder to conduct research on mentally ill patients than on the physically sick, making stigma more deeply rooted in common belief, Hyman said...
...inbreeding just this side of incest. The taboo is not only social (the Jerry Lee Lewis syndrome) but legislative: 24 states ban the marriage of first cousins; five others allow it only if the couple is unable to bear children. A major reason for this ban is the belief that kids of first cousins are tragically susceptible to serious congenital illnesses...
Referring to Summers’ inauguration speech, Carrasco contrasted the president’s view with what West calls “prophetic pragmatism”—a belief that the purpose of an education is to make a tangible difference in the world...