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	Airport chapels removing Christian symbols

rmowery

8-4-2009 1:19 AM

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Airports chapels are becoming Agnostic?

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8-4-2009 8:24 AM

AcesLucky

The airport is accommodating every faith instead of just one. (Someone needs to look up the word "agnostic.")

8-4-2009 3:29 PM

wiccantexan

Some believe "agnostic" is "belief in anything other than My God."

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