The most remarkable alteration in secularist thinking over the past century has been its abandonment of natural law in favor of dismissing “reason” as a human construct. From Wordnik.com. [Lenten Weblog] Reference
If you aren't open about your religous beliefs, then you are a "secularist". From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2004-06-01] Reference
This constitutes a kind of secularist fundamentalism that is as unsophisticated, un-nuanced and dogmatic as any religious fundamentalism. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary: Church-State, Dean Rudenstine and Understanding "Religion"] Reference
Faraday would be a 'secularist' were he now alive. From Wordnik.com. [Fragments of science, V. 1-2] Reference
As a 'secularist', let me explain to you a few things, mr right wing blowhard. From Wordnik.com. [Crooks and Liars] Reference
As it happens, on most issues, including foreign policy, the more leftist party in Turkey is the "secularist" one that is now out of power. From Wordnik.com. [Evolution News & Views] Reference
My conclusion is that Christianity has completely shaped the modern and democratic society, even if they pretend to be "secularist" (or "laïc" in french). From Wordnik.com. [The Brussels Journal - The Voice of Conservatism in Europe] Reference
Also, its deliberate refusal to support major industries badly affected by the global crisis and controlled by "secularist" capital has led to increased tensions. From Wordnik.com. [GlobalResearch.ca] Reference
"secularist," someone who attends once a year at most. From Wordnik.com. [deseretnews.com - Top Stories] Reference
"secularist" enlightened West as the liberator of Middle Eastern women. From Wordnik.com. [The Hutchinson Political Report] Reference
'secularist' rather than 'atheist' in my initial description of the conflict. From Wordnik.com. [InstaPunk] Reference
Turkey's entrenched secularist minority is digging its heels in. From Wordnik.com. [Fighting the Veil] Reference
It should not be considered shameful to call yourself a secularist. From Wordnik.com. [Defeating religious extremism] Reference
Many of my secularist friends in Turkey are terrified by this prospect. From Wordnik.com. [Stephen Kinzer: New Turkey] Reference
But if elected, Abdullah Gul will have to appease the secularist establishment. From Wordnik.com. [Periscope] Reference
The secularist is one in whom the intellect is passionate, and the passions cold. From Wordnik.com. [The Necessity of Atheism] Reference
A year ago a secularist orator had delivered a vehement speech in favor of virtue. From Wordnik.com. [The Heavenly Father Lectures on Modern Atheism] Reference
And all those who are secularist like myself, feminists, do not like that ideology. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 14, 2003] Reference
Rattled by the show of secularist strength, Erdogan and his party appear to be backpedaling. From Wordnik.com. [Beginning of the End?] Reference
The couple may not move into the presidential mansion, as a bow to Ataturk's secularist legacy. From Wordnik.com. [Periscope] Reference
The court upheld an appeal from the secularist opposition, which has been protesting in the streets. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 1, 2007] Reference
And Mahathir, who is an avowed secularist, protected them from the Islamic fundamentalists they fear most. From Wordnik.com. [Mother Of The Revolt] Reference
Dennett is a noted atmosphere and secularist as well as being a prominent aerial of the Briquettes moviegoer. From Wordnik.com. [Kog Zadare, only living person...] Reference
Arslan also admitted to throwing a hand grenade at the offices of Cumhuriyet, a solidly secularist newspaper. From Wordnik.com. [The ‘Deep State’ on Trial] Reference
BLITZER: Now, as you know, she's a secularist, she supports democracy, she's a good friend of the United States. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 11, 2007] Reference
His India, that "tough-minded, secularist ... outward-looking" culture, "is ending," and Rushdie cannot be a witness. From Wordnik.com. [Caught Between East And West, Rushdie Keeps On] Reference
BLITZER: There are secular Shiites, including Ahmed Chalabi, who is a Shiite, and he's a secularist, as you well know. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 7, 2003] Reference
But he's apparently not talented or popular enough to break through a secularist glass ceiling to the job of president. From Wordnik.com. [The Price of Deference] Reference
They were able to speak to Shiite traditions, not to Marxism or secularist ideals that had no grassroots among the people. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 30, 2007] Reference
They welcome the package as an opportunity to escape the legacy of rule by a secularist establishment under military tutelage. From Wordnik.com. [Turkey's constitutional elections could alter political landscape] Reference
And I think it would be a horrible thing if we ever got so secularist in this country that faith was not wanted in public life. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Larry King Live: What Role Should Religion Play in Politics? - August 10, 2000] Reference
A 1998 end run via the European Court of Human Rights failed when, according to delighted secularist spin, the court endorsed the ban. From Wordnik.com. [Fighting the Veil] Reference
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