Word: secularize
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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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...
...personally think of a Christmas tree as pretty darn secular. But if it can't be separated from its original Christian context, then let's get rid of it rather than turn dinner into a house-funded showcase of religious pluralism, as Tucker argues we must do out of fairness to all faiths. I gave house dues for microwaves, beer and dances--not a gallery of world religions. --Daniel K. Hamalainen...
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...