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...Thinking Outside the Box In his report on the Jesus tomb controversy [March 12], David Van Biema wrote that James Tabor's book The Jesus Dynasty "enmeshes a plausible story of early church strife in speculative material suggesting that Jesus had a human father." What is speculative about Jesus' having a human father? I find it much more speculative to suggest that a divine being impregnated a virgin girl. Perhaps the time will finally arrive when Christians accept the Bible for what it is: a series of allegories that aren't meant to be taken literally. Fred Green, MIAMI...
...March 23, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., $3 for students at Harvard-Epworth Church...
Tiny tealights flickered on the steps of Memorial Church last night, the wind choking a flame every now and then, as students remembered the soldiers and civilians who had been killed in the war in Iraq. The vigil was one in a series of campus events staged by student groups to mark the fourth anniversary of the war’s beginning. At the vigil, students read statements written by friends of slain American soldiers, followed by a short silence from the audience, which numbered more than 50. Earlier, members of the Harvard College Democrats and other students spent...
...just 36% of the vote, the conservative Calderon has worked his way to a 58% approval rating. That might be enough cover to delve deeper into new initiatives for Mexico's development, whether in microbanks, health care or schools. Across the street from Xu Nuu Ndavi, a $300,000 church is rising in Santa Cruz. Some residents see it as a sign of the village's resurrection. Others call it a lavish vanity. But either way, Santa Cruz has a rich new faith in the power of poor people's money...
...wasn't sure Danielo was the perfect choice for a guide, but he was the only person I knew in Sao Tome, and I needed help. On the way into town - a perfectly preserved red-roofed Portuguese fishing village with a huge church and a wide open square - I confessed I was not only an illegal alien, but also a sneaky journalist with a desperate, half-baked idea of interviewing the president, who had no idea I was coming, and who could hardly be expected to see me at such short notice - with the weekend looming - but that...