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Article: An Idea That Counts.
- Article from:
- The Humanist
- Article date:
- January 1, 2001
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Growing up Catholic, I remember saying the Rosary as some sort of speed challenge. I never thought about the words but only saw them as a challenge to complete in record time. I was convinced that no one in the entire world could say a "Hail Mary" any faster than I could. I've no doubt the nuns would have had something to say about it if they knew.
Sometimes we liberals aren't so very different--we express our beliefs and convictions without really thinking about the meaning behind the words and without really integrating these ideas into our lives. We take them for granted, not understanding their origin, power, and influence.
Yet ideas matter and have ...