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If Bob Dole does not win the Republican nomination, he will die a horrible political death. We will see him vainly thrashing around in his last strongholds--the Bible Belt and the isolated pockets of the country where fundamentalism and fanaticism still rear their low brow heads. At campaign rallies...

Author: By David W. Brown, | Title: WHEN DOLE GETS DESPERATE | 2/10/1996 | See Source »

AS A RABBI, I FIND RELIGIOUSLY IRRELEvant the question of whether events described in the Bible represent historical fact [COVER STORIES, Dec. 18]. If it could be proved that every event portrayed in the Bible is absolutely and unequivocally historically false, my faith would remain unaltered because the Bible represents...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jan. 15, 1996 | 1/15/1996 | See Source »

THE QUESTION SHOULD NOT BE, "is the Bible Fact or Fiction?" but, rather, as fiction, how does the Bible stand up? As a stylist, God is uneven. He fails to speak with a consistent authoritative voice. His use of legendary material lacks the verisimilitude of a Homer or a John...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jan. 15, 1996 | 1/15/1996 | See Source »

MANY INSECURE PEOPLE ARE HOPING FOR archaeological proof that the Bible is the absolute, revealed word of a supreme deity. This proof will never come, and people will continue in their personal religious beliefs, based on one premise, their faith in a particular deity. Only the gullible and naive will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jan. 15, 1996 | 1/15/1996 | See Source »

A FUNDAMENTAL POINT IN MOST SOUND theology is that the Bible is not a history book as we understand that term in this day and age. Rather, the text of the Scripture deals with mystery, faith and how God is perceived in dealings with people. The two concepts are vastly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jan. 15, 1996 | 1/15/1996 | See Source »

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