Word: religion
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...separation of church and state and avoidance of a state-sponsored religion are important to individual freedom--but God cannot and should not be entirely banished from our society...
...other hand, my God has about as much in common with Oral Roberts' blackmailer as with the nothingness of the atheists. And Jim and Tammy Bakker's shenanigans are almost enough to make me swear off organized religion forever...
While some unscrupulous people take advantage of others' belief in God, not all religion is bad, corrupt, hypocritical. And not all ministers, rabbis and priests are intolerant or harmful...
Unfortunately, when it comes to the debate between religion and secularism, the media and the American reading public are mostly interested in bizarre extremism. Our attention is drawn to Jerry Falwell or the man with microphone who shouts "the Judgment is upon us!" to innocent passers...
These events are important in the attempt to define what the proper role of religion should be in our society--but so are the quiet compromises that take place in everyday life, like the inner turmoil faced by a Catholic woman when she realizes she is pregnant with a baby she cannot take care...