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...ninth novel of the series, A Goat for Azazel, is a study of Christian origins and beliefs as seen through the eyes of a Second Century seeker of the spiritual Grail called Damon. Damon's intellectual odyssey parallels that of Fisher's; both are somewhat cynical about Christianity, the cynicism of a person beginning as the most beliveing idealist. Fisher was raised on an Idaho farm in a very strict Mormon environment; his intellectual conflict with his religious culture can be seen in Damon's lifetime search...
...Damon sees his mother die a Christian martyr and feels his mission to be learning the truths of this strange new sect to determine its place in his own life. His initial reaction is, "If that's your religion, I say to hell with it." He thinks Christianity has a "fascinated obsession with wickedness" and, with a truly moral concern, thinks Christianity an excuse for letting people sin all their lives but still enter Heaven by last-minute repentance...
...Damon-Fisher strongly objects to Christian prejudice against the Jews as well as Christian renunciation of life. He cannot understand the death-wish and the related prohibition of sexual expression of many believers. Fisher is very much concerned with the sexual aspects of Christianity and the relationship of religious symbols to sexual ones. He utilizes many of the observations of modern psychology but adds a worthwhile number of his own. Damon finds nothing original in the rituals and beliefs of Christianity and regards it as just another mystery cult, the only difference being that of greater compassion and tenderness...
After President Ralph S. Damon died last January, Trans World Airlines began to lose altitude. Without his firm and skilled hand, the net profit dropped 96.9% in the first nine months to only $170,000, despite an 11% rise in operating revenue. Last week T.W.A. Owner Howard Hughes finally found the man he hopes will pull T.W.A. out of its dive: Carter Lane Burgess, 39, Assistant Secretary of Defense for manpower...
...Pennekamp: "Juvenile criminals are as bad as adult criminals-or worse. Maybe if they see it in the papers, the juveniles will believe it themselves." The strict Florida law preventing courts and police from divulging juvenile names recently led a young hoodlum to jeer at Miami Daily News Reporter Damon Runyon Jr.: "You can't write about us; we know what the law says...