DARWIN’S THEORY MAY SHED LIGHT ON ORIGINS OF SIN
After our recent sally into sin and the promise (threat?) of further columns on the topic, a reader pleads for a reprieve: "It seems we are fervent in exposing the...
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SIN IS EVERYWHERE, BUT FEW SEE IT AS A HOT TOPIC
Hollywood sleaze merchants who care more about money than morality. Public servants who cheat on their wives. A movie star who cheats on his girlfriend-with a prostitute. Ballplayers and school...
WEEKLY WORLD NEWS NOTWITHSTANDING, READING IS BELIEVING
In the belief it's more blessed to share than to file it away forever: - From "The Revolt of the Elites and the Betrayal of Democracy," by Christopher Lasch: "For...
WITHIN THE BIBLE, A TREASURE-TROVE OF POPULAR PHRASES
Labor of love. Fear and trembling. The powers that be. Feet of clay. Stumbling block. Scapegoat. Den of thieves. Signs of the time. There's nothing new under the sun. All...
ANTICHRIST’S IMAGE TELLS MUCH ABOUT `HOPES AND FEARS’
In ending our end-times inquiry, let's assay the Antichrist, the devil's surrogate in the biblical doomsday scenario among Christians who believe the apocalypse impends. Most seem to agree that the...
OPTIMISTIC BERNARDIN SAYS ILLNESS HAS REORDERED LIFE
At his first public appearance since cancer surgery 24 days ago, Cardinal Joseph Bernardin spoke Thursday of how his illness has deepened his faith in God and forced him to...
BELIEVERS FINDING APOCALYPTIC SIGNS WITHIN SCRIPTURES
In continuing our look at apocalyptic views, your religion writer recently, raptly absorbed a TV show on which the host and three panelists talked about the end of human history,...
FOUNDING FATHERS MORE PLURALISTIC THAN CHRISTIAN
While there's disagreement about whether the Final Days are imminent, there's no doubt the 4th of July approaches. So let's postpone for a week our continuing probe of apocalyptic beliefs...
AS 2000 NEARS, END-OF-THE-WORLD TALK JUST BEGINNING
Remember, you heard it here: The end of the world is near. That's hardly news for the Christians who read the Bible as prophecy and are certain the Second Coming...
MINISTERS FIND POWER TO CONSOLE IN THE PSALMS
When a public figure we admire, such as Cardinal Joseph Bernardin, faces the prospect of an untimely death, ominous and ultimate questions penetrate the canopy that usually protects us from...