Word: conform
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Christian doctrine of providence was inconvenient to the rising bourgeois man because it seemed to estimate the forces of historical destiny, beyond the control of the human will, too highly, and did not conform to the self-confidence of the new commercial civilization . . . The Christian conception of man's sinfulness was in conflict with the easy conscience of modern man, who sought the cause of historical evil in ignorance, in social institutions, in everything but in himself...
...that God, almighty and incarnate, is but a benevolent Spirit; that Satan does not exist; that Christ was the author of an ethical code, but not the Godhead crucified. We profess to believe that He existed, for agnosticism is no longer the fashion. We believe that the Gospels must conform with our time and not our time with the Gospels...
...good taste; nevertheless it is not a matter which can be entirely ignored. There is a certain amount of truth to the old maxim of "when in Rome, do as the Romans do," although this should not mean that we should abandon all of our clothing tastes entirely, and conform...
Most prefer to conform to some extent, to strike the balance between the individual tastes, and the Harvard stereotype. It is the easiest way to be yourself and yet not have to explain your actions...
...meantime, while Baudouin ruled as Lieutenant General of the Realm, Leopold would "make contact with all levels of opinion and bring back peace . . ." The temporary delegation of power to Baudouin would end, Leopold suggested, "with the accord of the government and at the moment which I shall consider to conform with the interests of the nation...