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…to religious values to express themselves." Of course, Michael Newdow, the plaintiff in the pledge case, doesn't think that recitations of "under God" are tolerant toward atheists, and last week he filed a similar suit to eliminate chaplains for the U.S…

…, Ireland in the late nineteenth century. He received a good education through private education and studying at the University of Oxford. In 1931, Lewis abandoned his atheist views and converted to Christianity. His good friend, J.R.R.Tolkien, encouraged…

…coincidence. All allude to the fact that Ernest Hemingway, although an atheist used Jesus Christ as a model for Santiago. Hemingway’s brilliance clearly shows through in the way he hid Santiago’s allusions to Jesus. The creativity involved in hiding Jesus…

…to organized religion. The misinterpretation of this work resulted in Paine gaining ill repute as an atheist and in the alienation of most of his old friends. In 1802 Paine returned to the United States with the help of President Thomas Jefferson, and found…

…supposed “throw” and the return of the pimp, Holden spoke to his dead brother Allie. Holden considers himself an atheist and said he speaks to his brother when he is depressed and lonely. This demonstrated him slipping from a very important part of society…

…in. However, she finds that he is not the innocent boy he appears to be when he tricks her into removing her artificial leg. After putting her in a helpless position, he reveals that he too is an atheist, that he does not really love her, and that he is actually…

…. Jews and Atheists were killed because they did not believe in the divinity of Jesus. In the Carolinas and Virginia they were Protestant. In the Carolinas religious freedom was tolerated for anyone except the slaves. In Virginia it was mainly the Dutch…

…denies to follow his dream as the person who denies to see God, and that "every happy person carries God within him". This can be a symbol of an atheist. However, only few people choose to follow the road that has been made for them, and find God while…

…later killed herself and Inez; and Estelle drowned her baby fathered by a secret lover who then committed suicide. None of the characters believed their actions would come back to haunt them, or in this case, send them to Hell. Sartre writes in an atheistic…

…, an existentialist, an agnostic or an atheist, a pagan or a saint, I need not deny its truth. I need not deny that the self is all that I should ever attempt to know. Peace lies internally, and sadly there have been so few that have experienced it, or anything internal…