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...percent off sales and flashing lights. It has nothing to do with Jesus, or with what lies at the heart of Christianity and Christmas. They say you can't take the Christ out of X-mas, but we have. The tree is a part of this parallel and secular holiday which, coincidentally, also goes by the name "Christmas...
...this gruesome act of political violence simply does not make sense except as the result of an underlying fragmentation of Israeli society. Religious rightists and secular leftists have grown incapable of recognizing each other's Jewishness, Israeli-ness, and humanity. It is imperative that Israel continue on its path of peace with its many Arab neighbors. It is even more crucial, perhaps, that the country address the disuniting of its own society...
Naomi S. Stern '97, the organizer of the event, explained that the forum was a result of collaboration between the Catholic Students Association (CSA) and Harvard-Radcliffe Hillel. Representatives of Secular Humanism, Catholicism, Judaism and Zen Buddhism accepted the invitation to address students on the philosophy of their respective religions...
Speaking first on Secular Humanism was Derek C. Araujo '99. According to Araujo, Secular Humanism is an atheistic philosophy that focuses on life in this world. "Secular Humanists are non-religious people," said Araujo. "We're committed to making the best of this life...
Araujo insisted that Secular Humanists are "tolerant of religion." At the same time, however, he maintained that his philosophy is "committed to the cultivation of moral excellence," a belief which, he conceded, might bring Secular Humanists into conflict with certain other religious principles. For example, he noted that Secular Humanists are also "committed to the protection of euthanasia and reproductive freedom...