Word: religion
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...print this," says Jesse Ventura, eating a banana and a granola bar. He's still miffed about that damn Playboy interview, the one that sent his polls plummeting. "That was my fault in simply not saying 'some,'" he explains. "Had I simply said some religions are a sham and a crutch for weak-minded people, probably not that much would have been made of it." Ventura is peeved that belittlers, like Gary Bauer and Geraldine Ferraro, have dubbed him a bigot. "I looked it up," Ventura says of the word. "It's someone who's intolerable [Jesse's Yogi Berraism...
...every conversation with Gomes is about religion. People turn to him on everything from College history to personal advice to casual conversation...
...wanted to poke fun at religion, superstition and supernaturalism," says HSS President Christopher M. Kirchhoff...
While societies to debate religion are nearly as old as debate itself, HSS attempts to bring a level of humor and irreverence to the age-old question of belief. But some claim the group's cheeky skepticism runs the risk of creating more alienation than insight...
...There is a certain humility to laughter," Peed adds. "Some things about religion are simply pretty funny...