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  • Obiter0

    However effective Quine's dismantling of Kant's analytic- synthetic distinction (arguing that it's all just semantics)– liberal political activism, which seeks to remove any conception of "the good life" from political discourse, does essentially the same with such antipodal linguistic inanities as "neutral values." This common phrase, devoid of even the most basic reason and ration-ality,

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  • Betrayed0

    Russia's Retreat From Religious Liberty On September 26, 1997, Russian Federation president Boris Yeltsin signed the widely publicized and highly controversial bill "On Freedom of Conscience and on Religious Associations." This law, which comprehensively regulates church-state relations in Russia, is hailed by supporters as a landmark provision that will protect Russia from intrusive and unwanted

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  • Iambs And Pentameters0

    BEHOLD, HOW GOOD AND HOW PLEASANT IT IS FOR BRETHREN TO DWELL TOGETHER IN UNITY! PSALM 133:1 Jerry Falwell, a purveyor of (child!) pornography? Jerry Falwell, opposed to preaching the gospel to high school students? Jerry Falwell, refusing to defend the unborn? Is this the same Jerry Falwell who stormed the halls of Congress in

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  • Op. Cit.0

    "Islamophobia" In this article by Omer Bin Abdullah (March/April), Mr. Abdullah tries to convince people that the religion of Islam is one of peace and goodness. No doubt there are many good people in Islam, but their religion is not one of peace. Their book, the Holy Quran, speaks on this topic. In Sura 9:29

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  • Rethinking Prisoner RFRA Exemptions0

    First, religious liberty is a human right. The Declaration of Independence envisions the rights of humanity as a gift from God and as preceding the existence of government. Thus the Bill of Rights should be understood not as a civil grant of rights, but as a civil recognition of rights that existed prior to and

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  • As Square a Circle as Possible0

    This is an appealing, and at first glance a plausible, suggestion. If the analysis of this and the preceding chapter is correct, however, then the proposal to treat neutrality as a matter of degree is seriously misleading. Much of the foregoing discussion has tried to show, in essence, that the ideal of religious neutrality is

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