Word: religions
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...former professional wrestler and one of two independent governors in the Union, is riding another wave of dubious publicity, this time after an interview in Playboy magazine in which, among other things, he said he would like to be reincarnated as a 38DD bra and proclaimed that "organized religion is a sham and a crutch for weak-minded people who need strength in numbers...
...other politicians are discovering, making outrageous public statements about organized religion isn't the only way to be an anti-politician. Republican presidential frontrunner George W. Bush's style of being the anti-Clinton is to say "fuck" a lot in front of reporters. The idea, apparently, is to jar us all by how little he cares about his image, in stark contrast to the relentlessly image-conscious Clinton. Bush also wants us to know that, unlike the legendarily wonkish president, he isn't a nerd. Has the number of abortions fallen during his governorship? "I don't know, probably...
...doubt the sincerity of Ventura's views on religion or anything else, though making them public seems needlessly divisive. There is a difference between political independence and independence from the responsibilities of office--one of which is (or should be) to avoid denigrating your own constituents...
There was little desolate about DEN. The first show I clicked on, Redemption High, was a well-produced drama about Christian teens trying to make sense of religion. Next I clicked on DEN's Aggronation, where I got to watch snowboarding and surfing--surprisingly good in itty-bitty video. The newsDEN section had a feature about kids who died after taking LSD at a rave...
Survival was once a struggle for the goddess. Her 1,000-year-old temple was razed by Red Guards during the Cultural Revolution. The temple reopened only in 1988. "For 50 years, the government has fought against religion," says Patrice Fava, a French anthropologist working in Beijing. "Religion has been almost decapitated...