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...disgusted is Johnson, in fact, that he, like Bultmann before him, counsels believers to ignore the search for the historical Jesus altogether. Does the Seminar condemn the Resurrection as unprovable? Rather than trying to assert the authenticity of the story of the empty crypt or backing up John's tale of Doubting Thomas, Johnson maintains that the Resurrection that has always mattered to Christians is the ongoing miracle, the "transforming, transcendent personal power" that marks the moving of the Holy Spirit in the hearts and among the communities of believers. "Christianity," he writes, "has never been able to 'prove...
...many ways Bronfman's selection of Koolhaas is indeed as bold as his grandfather's choice of a modernist in 1954. After all, architects who refuse to condemn suburban mall sprawl and who favor cheap industrial materials aren't usually the beneficiaries of high-corporate patronage. Which isn't to imply that there are many--or even any--architects quite like Koolhaas. Some would label his disorienting, asymmetric buildings deconstructivist; he likes to consider himself an architect without style. For him, form not only doesn't follow function; the two are barely on speaking terms...
...Like abortion or any other evils we condemn, we think that it is morally reprehensible," said Le, who is president of the Association Against Learning in the Absence Religion and Morality (AALARM), a group espousing conservative social values...
...were dismayed that the statement failed to mention the violence that followed the suicide bombings, we believed that this omission could be remedied. In the spirit of cooperation, the Harvard Islamic Society proposed some simple ammendments that would not detract from the focus of the statement, which was to condemn terrorism, especially the recent events in the Middle East. Our proposed additions consisted of briefly mentioning the subsequent violence against innocent Palestinians...
...recommended adding "and subsequent destruction in the West Bank and Gaza" to the first prhase, "In response to the recent terrorist bombings in Israel;" and changing "condemn the recent terrorist bombings in Israel" to "condemn the recent terrorism in Israel, the West Bank and Gaza, and consequent retaliatory measures taken against innocent civillians." In addition, we hoped to add a phrase mentioning support of peace and justice, which were nowhere mentioned in the statement as it was given to us, and specifically naming the mosque in Hebron as the Ibrahimi mosque...