Word: secularization
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...Hamer really guilty of such simplification? Could claims for a so-called God gene be merely the thin end of a secular wedge, one that risks prying spirituality away from God altogether? Or, assuming the gene exists at all, could it somehow be embraced by both science and religion, in the same way some evolutionists and creationists--at least the less radicalized ones--accept the idea of a divinely created universe in which evolving life is simply part of the larger plan? Hamer, for one, hopes so. "My findings are agnostic on the existence of God," he says. "If there...
...from any organized religion. The overwhelming majority of people, however, congregate to pray, observing the same rituals and heeding the same creeds. Once that congregation is in place, it's only a small step to using the common system of beliefs and practices as the basis for all the secular laws that keep the group functioning...
...death, and as a result succeeded in living through the Roman persecution; the Jews of the Diaspora moved as a cultural whole through the nations of Europe, finding niches wherever they could but maintaining their identity and kinship by observing the same rites. "All religions become a bit secular," says Wilson. "In order to survive, you have to organize yourselves into a culture...
...week a panel set up by Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams published its recommendations on how to defuse a crisis that boiled over last year when American Episcopalians consecrated an openly homosexual bishop and a Canadian diocese authorized church blessings for same - sex unions. Those positions may reflect popular secular opinion in some parts of North America, but they have infuriated conservative Anglicans all over the world. Josiah Iduwo - Fearon, an archbishop in the fast - growing, 17.5 - million - strong Nigerian Church?the second largest Anglican community after Britain's?spoke for many conservatives when he said, "The Bible is very...
...Even fiercely secular France is embroiled in the gay cultural wars. An appeals court in Bordeaux ruled this summer that "a difference of sex is a condition of marriage," nullifying the first same - sex ceremony celebrated in France. Last week scores of prominent French homosexuals?including Paris' openly gay mayor Bertrand Delanoë, designer Jean Paul Gaultier and tennis star Amélie Mauresmo?signed a public manifesto demanding a law that allows homosexuals the right to parenthood and adoption. "We are parents, dream to become them, in some cases regret never having been," the manifesto states. "We simply want...