Religion_Belief

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Eisenhower stamp and coin (public domain). Meme created by Scott Lamb (freely share, but please credit back to "Jesus in the Public Square" here at the Times).

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This Sept. 3, 2014, photo shows flowers blooming in front of the Salt Lake Temple, at Temple Square, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

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People walk past signs announcing the "Book of Mormon" musical at the Capitol Theatre, Monday, July 27, 2015, in Salt Lake City. The biting satirical musical that mocks Mormons is finally coming to the heart of Mormonlandia, starting a sold-out, two week run on Tuesday, July 28, 2015, at a theater two blocks from the church’s flagship temple and headquarters. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

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Ronald Reagan. Image created by W. Scott Lamb using the cover of his 1954 LP recordings of Old Testament Bible stories.

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A Missouri sheriff is defending his decision to add "In God We Trust" decals to department-owned vehicles, after receiving criticism from those who argue it symbolizes state-sanctioned religion. (Facebook/Stone County Sheriff's Office)

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Illustration on animal rights groups assault on Christianity by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

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Iran's supreme religious leader Ayatollah Khamenei tweeted a warning to the U.S. on Saturday, July 25, 2015 that included an image of President Obama with a gun to his head. (Image: Twitter, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei) ** FILE **

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Protesters with a Memphis religious groups took a shovel to Confederate Lt. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest's grave and statue in a public park Wednesday, in an act that many locals are calling vandalism. (WREG)

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In this July 24, 2014, photo, Marin Allen and Ashlyn Bunker participate in the Days of 47 Pioneer Parade in Salt Lake City. Each year on July 24, Mormons take off work to gather at festive parades celebrating their heritage on Pioneer Day. Non-Mormons have invented their own counter-holiday around pies and beer. (AP Photo/The Salt Lake Tribune, Rick Egan)

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In this Thursday, July 16, 2015 photo, sisters at New Skete Monastery, and a guest, take part in morning prayers in Cambridge, N.Y. The nuns of New Skete lead a cloistered life marked by prayer, contemplation and baking cheesecakes. The small group of self-reliant nuns in upstate New York have long sold cheesecakes online, continuing a centuries-old tradition of monastic orders producing fine foods to pay expenses. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

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"My heart is broken and all my thoughts and prayers are with everyone in Louisiana," Amy Schumer tweeted Thursday night. (Associated Press)

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Cannon Lambert Sr., the attorney for the family of Sandra Bland, addresses the media during a news conference at Dupage African Methodist Episcopal Church on Wednesday, July 22, 2015, in Lisle, Ill. (AP Photo/Matt Marton)

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Attorney General Loretta Lynch speaks at a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington on June 18, 2015. Lynch announced that Dylann Roof, the man accused of slaying of nine black church members in Charleston last month was indicted July 22, on 33 federal counts, including hate crimes, firearms violations and obstructing the practice of religion, which could include the death penalty. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

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An abortion protester stands outside the Red River Women's Clinic in Fargo, N.D., on Feb. 20, 2013. (Associated Press)

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Owen Strachan, professor of theology at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo courtesy of Owen Strachan)

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Pope Francis delivers a blessing during the Angelus noon prayer he delivered from his studio's window, in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, July 19, 2015. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

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FILE - In this Aug. 2, 1936 file photo Adolf Hitler and Colonel General Hermann Goering are on the grand stand in the stadium watching the events on the field at the Olympics in Berlin. Europe’s largest Jewish sporting event is coming to Germany for the first time, bringing more than 2,000 Jewish athletes together from around the world to compete at a site constructed by the Nazis for the 1936 Olympics. (AP Photo, file)

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FILE - In this June 6, 2015 file photo the Olympic Rings are silhoetted outside the Olympic stadium in Berlin ahead of the Champions League final soccer match between Juventus Turin and FC Barcelona. Europe’s largest Jewish sporting event is coming to Germany for the first time, bringing more than 2,000 Jewish athletes together from around the world to compete at a site constructed by the Nazis for the 1936 Olympics. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, file)