Word: creed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...lifted religion so far above the realm of creed and sect one can feel its pull and power...
...Christian people of Georgia, particularly Baptists, speak forth with every ounce of energy by word, deed and thought against the so-called patriotic groups which . . . claim race superiority which is neither American nor Christian; that we hereby proclaim . . . that no man shall be discriminated against because of race, creed or color...
...Says Davies (who objects to orthodox Christianity and especially the Apostles' Creed as inadequate): "The Creed goes: '. . . Born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate. . . .' The comma between those two phrases is the most important part of Christ's life. After all, the life of Christ is something more than a punctuation mark...
Under the corporate laws of Georgia, a legal charter was obtained last August by the "benevolent and patriotic society" of Columbians. This disarming front shielded ominous trappings. The members wore Army khaki uniforms and startling insignia-a red thunderbolt. The Columbians also boasted a belligerent creed: "To create voting solidarity among all white American citizens. ... To encourage our people to think in terms of race, nation and faith...
...Bullitt (ex-Ambassador to Moscow). The Wallace view, in brief, was that, once Russia feels secure against attack, she will stop expanding and start providing the long-promised socialist Utopia for her own people. The Bullitt view was that the Bolshevik leaders are irrevocably committed by the "Communist creed" to world domination, and that nothing will stop them but force, the sooner applied, the better...