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accept/take as gospel
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accept/take something as gospel (truth)
to believe that something is completely true. You shouldn't accept as gospel everything you read in the newspapers.
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For example, Arbour and Blackburn promote an agenda of 'gay' friendly schools when they accept as gospel that "verbal taunts and abuse of these 'gay and lesbian kids' have led to a suicide rate higher among them than for their peers.
Ontario bishops address homosexuality in schools by Mahoney, Peter / Catholic Insight
His agenda is not friendly to the kind of free trade, market-is-efficient rhetoric that entrepreneurs, particularly in the information industries, accept as gospel.
Class vs. Class by KOTKIN, JOEL / Los Angeles Business Journal
"Most agencies and clients seem to accept as gospel that if you're good at creative, for example, you can't be good at marketing or account management.
Pearlstein takes fitting bow in button-down advertising world by Howard, Bob / Los Angeles Business Journal
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