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DIED. Jean-François Revel, 82, witty, influential French philosopher and journalist who tweaked European intellectuals for their knee-jerk anti-Americanism; in Paris. His 1970 book, Without Marx or Jesus, argued that the U.S. model of multiparty democracy, not socialism, was the best way to achieve world peace. One of 40 members of the Académie Française, which defends the standards of the language, he recently rebuked his countrymen, saying, "We French have had little to say against Saddam Hussein, Muammar Gaddafi [or] the imams of the Islamic Republic of Iran," instead saving vitriol "for Ronald Reagan...
...Christians and not supportive of the religious right are not on the left either. In fact, we are opposed to any politicization of the Gospels by any party, Democratic or Republican, by partisan black churches or partisan white ones. "My kingdom is not of this world," Jesus insisted. What part of that do we not understand...
...yielded more harm than good. They proclaim that their cause is justified because homosexuality is a sin. Perhaps, but so is divorce, a problem that is just as pervasive in the Christian community as it is in the general population. I would remind Christians of John 7:3 where Jesus says, “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?†People should not condemn their peers for their sins because they too are guilty...
...Bettie brandished a knife and forced Harry and the kids to pray before a portrait of Jesus. "If you take your eyes off this picture," she shouted, "I'll cut your guts out!" Foster reports that she was charged with breach of the peace and confined in Jackson Memorial, a state hospital, for four months. Then Harry took her back home...
Berlusconi compared himself with Jesus Christ, accused you of being a frontman for communists and used vulgar language to put down your supporters. How do you campaign against such a free-swinging opponent? You're doomed if you play his game. So we never responded to his insults. Still, his way of communicating and his attacks were successful. He scared a lot of people. His coalition lost, but his party remained Italy's largest...