Word: prayers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Supreme Court decision outlawing prayer in public schools...
...THEMES are so central to our nation as the separation of church and state. When the Supreme Court effectively banned organized school prayer in a pair of decisions in 1962 and 1963, that enlightened doctrine seemed to have been carried to its logical extreme. No longer could religious groups seek state approval for public school prayers and Bible readings. For even prayers designated as "voluntary" had proven compulsory in practice, in one famous instance, only one student turned down a school system's "voluntary" prayer option over several years' time...
...more incarnation ... A man is a bundle of relations, a knot of roots, whose flower and fruitage is the world." Emerson was also a bundle and knot of contradictions. He recoiled against the doctrinal chill and constriction of New England, yet he became a sermon and a prayer. His rhapsodies were lovely and extremist in the way of a Puritan metaphysician: "I am God in nature; I am a weed by the wall." -By Lance Morrow
SOLICITING MONEY and prayer at ungodly hours, Jim Bakker, star of PTL, "Praise the Lord" Club, preaches a country-club Christianity: "When you get married, you're starting out in your new Chris-Craft, your yacht, your boat, on the sea of life." Soon after he announced in a direct mail letter that "Tammy and I are giving every penny of our life's savings to PTL." Bakker bought a $24,000 Drifter houseboat with white shag carpeting, two wood paneled bedrooms, TV, gas grill, and refrigerator. One can almost see Bakker revving up his powerboat...
...people stare attentively into space as the hymn, a tune of dental office piety alloyed to the metal harmonies of Muzak, bounces off the upholstery. They come to hear Jim's message, "You can make it too," and to have God heal their ills Bakker grasps a sheaf of prayer requests, closes his Teddy bear eyes, and allows a tear to trickle down his cheek: "And tumors and cancers and growths were literally dropping off your bodies...