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The report also examines platforms that go beyond simple scriptural guidance.
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Benj Edwards, ArsTechnica, 16 Sep. 2025
Those parents argued the law forces religion onto their children and creates a coercive school environment.
Act 573 requires the scriptural displays to be a minimum of 16 by 20 inches in size and hung in a conspicuous place in each classroom and library.
—Arkansas Online, 12 Sep. 2025
Then, in 1963, the Court ruled in Abington v. Schempp that devotional Bible reading and scriptural recitation in public schools was unconstitutional.
—Liam Adams, Nashville Tennessean, 2 Sep. 2025
This idea is rooted in scriptural accounts of divine communication, such as the Pentecost experience, where individuals understood each other through thought rather than words.
—Ascend Agency, Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2025
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Benj Edwards, ArsTechnica, 16 Sep. 2025
Those parents argued the law forces religion onto their children and creates a coercive school environment.
Act 573 requires the scriptural displays to be a minimum of 16 by 20 inches in size and hung in a conspicuous place in each classroom and library.
—Arkansas Online, 12 Sep. 2025
Then, in 1963, the Court ruled in Abington v. Schempp that devotional Bible reading and scriptural recitation in public schools was unconstitutional.
—Liam Adams, Nashville Tennessean, 2 Sep. 2025
This idea is rooted in scriptural accounts of divine communication, such as the Pentecost experience, where individuals understood each other through thought rather than words.
—Ascend Agency, Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scriptural
biblical
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Then, Pastor Tom Gray, a Republican candidate for Congress, joins the show to argue conservative politics are rooted in biblical principles.—
Adam Beam,
AJC.com,
5 Feb. 2026
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Some critics counter that Thiel’s fixation on apocalyptic scenarios reveals less about looming biblical prophecy than about the anxiety of a tech elite resisting limits on capital and code at a moment when public pressure for accountability is rapidly growing.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
4 Feb. 2026
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“Scriptural.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scriptural. Accessed 10 Feb. 2026.
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