Word: secularization
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Houses have stuck with the tried and true this holiday season—with dining halls adorned in colored lights, tinsel, wreaths, and ribbons—Cabot House has outdone them all with a nine-foot aluminum pole. The unadorned pole is one of the many trappings of the secular holiday Festivus, popularized by the sitcom “Seinfeld” during a 1997 episode entitled “The Strike.” Frank Costanza, father of the recurring character George Costanza, claims to have invented the holiday as a protest against the commercialization of Christmas...
...public consumption, it’s almost inconceivable that any group could expect to keep anything strictly for themselves. After all, apart from the fact that most Americans are Christian and non-Christians are therefore perpetually surrounded by expressions of that belief system, Christmas has been steadily leaking into secular mainstream American culture for longer than anyone can remember...
...strictly religious traditions that go along with the Christian observance of the holiday, such as attending church on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day or prayers of thanksgiving for God’s gift to the world in the form of Christ. However, these are not the traditions that secular and non-Christian individuals have taken up as their own for their celebrations, so it’s difficult to see where the problem with the widespread celebration of this holiday lies...
...tolerance and interfaith harmony can be promoted across the globe. Religion should not become a divisive force in society. All religions should teach the same things - love, respect and compassion. Sivaram Srikandath Cochin, India Any decent, fair-minded person has a moral obligation to condemn extremism, religious or secular. But the Pope's peremptory linking of Islam and violence is irrational and irresponsible, especially when such a wildly inaccurate judgment comes from somebody whose religion has historically caused more extensive and brutal suffering than Islam ever has. Husam Dughman Toronto It is strange to find the term reason...
...decent, fair-minded person has a moral obligation to condemn extremism, religious or secular. But the Pope's peremptory linking of Islam and violence is irrational and irresponsible, especially when such a wildly inaccurate judgment comes from somebody whose religion has historically caused much more extensive and brutal suffering than Islam ever...