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This idea of a faithless allegiance to reason as the cause of rising secularism is a concern of both Muslim and Christian leaders, and was a much less cited theme of his Regensburg lecture. But the source of tension two years ago was the flipside: Benedict's contention that Islam has an absolutist conception of God that doesn't leave room for reason. On Saturday, however lightly, he seemed to return to this point. "Christians describe God, among other ways, as creative Reason, which orders and guides the world," the Pope said. "Muslims worship God, the Creator of Heaven...
...common theme among romantically inclined Facebook users is that there are almost infinite ways for the Facebook relationship status to go awry. There's the significant other who doesn't want to list his or her involvement (causing a rift in the real-world relationship); the accidental change that alerts friends to a nonexistent breakup (causing endless annoyance); but worse than both is when the truth spreads uncontrollably...
...committee members who voted against Young, she said that the ratification of the contract “wasn’t a contentious process at all.” “We have one goal in mind: to do best for all children. When that is your driving theme, you lay down your differences,” she said, adding that this does not necessarily mean the committee members have differences on this issue. The committee responsible for the facilitating the superintendent’s transition into the district will meet today and Friday at the mayor?...
...Frustration is a common theme in interviews with young people in many parts of India: they simply want a government that works. This was most clear in Mumbai after the November terrorist attacks in which nearly 200 people were killed. There was certainly anger directed at the terrorists and their sponsors, who are believed to be in Pakistan, but the more enduring feeling was disillusionment with the city's own inadequate response. Mihir Joshi, 28, is a DJ and musician in south Mumbai who says he has become politically active for the first time in his life because of "26/11...
...thing. If you’re just banging out chords on the piano it sounds sort of strange and you think, wow, this is kind of modern.” The program is tied together not only by the common time period of the pieces, but also by the theme of the works. “It’s all music that presents an emotion of sadness, but in very different ways,” explains de Bakker. “Madrigals are often about people who have died, or have left, and are stories. There all kind...