Word: faithful
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Officials from the Interfaith Forum and the Secular Society said King's personal faith is not relevant to the elections...
...just converted from Judaism to Christianity, thereby following in the footsteps of almost all of the Jews in the city. His reasoning is that he wishes to be promoted to municipal secretary, a position he has been working toward for 17 years but also a position which his faith has prevented him from achieving. Christian sentiment, however, scorns the newly converted as Jewish at the core in spite of any baptism ceremony they may have undergone. Karl, while achieving his desired post, begins to receive criticism from members of the community...
Therefore, the assumption must exist that Christmas decorations are entirely benign. Unfortunately, they are not. The presence of displays in House common areas implies the sanction of the entire House. When so many House areas are filled with the symbols of one particular faith, it carries a very clear message: the entire community is involved in a celebration. Those who don't share in that celebration thereby feel alienated from the community. No ill-intent need lie behind the motivation of those responsible for the decorations, the harm is done nonetheless. This sort of phenomenon is well known...
...balancing act hard to achieve when commenting on commericalized topics. This is perhaps most evident in his treatment of Christmas, a holiday so over-wrought with symbolism that any statement can seem trite. O'Donnell couples Tad's cynicism and mocking attitude with an underlying sense of hope and faith in the holiday. Tad is aware of the fake forms Christmas can take on; upon walking into his brother and sister-in-law's showcase of a home, he observes that "the impersonally tasteful X'mas tree Bonny had set up was an X'mas tree, not a Christmas tree...
...depending not solely on science or on faith but on a combination of the two. He isn't more powerful than a locomotive or able to leap tall buildings in a single bound, yet he is fighting a noble struggle against this neurological version of kryptonite. Superman would be proud...