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Word: gospels (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...legend in the making--or the 90-plus volumes that would eventually be needed to preserve his words. Everything Gandhi ever said and did was recorded by legions of secretaries. Then he insisted on going over their notes and choosing the version he liked best. "I want only one gospel in my life," he said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mohandas Gandhi (1869-1948) | 12/31/1999 | See Source »

...exposes the fallacy of the claim that everyone can be rich and successful provided they work hard. He points to the millions who work themselves to the bone and still remain hungry. He preaches the gospel of leveling down, of emulating the kisan (peasant), not the zamindar (landlord), for "all can be kisans, but only a few zamindars...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Sacred Warrior | 12/31/1999 | See Source »

When the truth is not enough, give us fiction. Jesus got liposuction in Price's article, in which the author removed the "fat" of faith and offered a new Gospel for a new millennium. It appears that the man who as the Son of God declared "I am the Truth" has now become the son of fiction. CHARLES CRISMIER Richmond...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 27, 1999 | 12/27/1999 | See Source »

Price's silly story about Jesus was just that, a story. What was "gospel" was Price's recounting of his inner vision and healing from cancer. This was powerful and poignant, as are all true insights about Jesus Christ. VIRGINIA LEE ADI Portola Valley, Calif...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 27, 1999 | 12/27/1999 | See Source »

...account of Jesus' life as the blasphemous storytelling by Price. There are passages that do not correspond at all to the generally accepted versions of the New Testament. To suggest that we can learn more about the life of Jesus, based on historical evidence, by reading this apocryphal "gospel" seems an insult to any well-versed Christian with a hermeneutical background. Didn't Jesus warn us against false prophets? TONI BASILIO Filderstadt, Germany...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 27, 1999 | 12/27/1999 | See Source »

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