Word: discreditable
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Race, diversity and affirmative action are serious words that do hold at stake the future of African-Americans; but cashing in on them may serve only to discredit them and leave Gates and West open to the charge that they have abandoned their role as scholars...
...sight of the spiritual message of all religions, which is aimed at making us better human beings who are more tolerant of one another's differences. We can argue about minute details and claim that our religion is better than someone else's; we can also set out to discredit completely the beliefs of more than a third of the planet's religious population. These attempts are not only contrary to the spirit of religion but also contrary to basic common sense and human decency. HOUDA M. HAYANI Unionville, Ontario...
...have devised their own criteria for determining the reliability of the New Testament? Out of the blue, they assume that shorter, punchier passages are more likely to be accurate, and they prefer parables without explicit applications and impose other arbitrary criteria to the Scriptures. It is not difficult to discredit even the best-attested works of antiquity, given the unscholarly prerogative of choosing the cut according to one's own biases. Liberal theologians since the turn of the century (and before) have attempted to refute parts of the Bible that could not be explained rationally or by empirical observation. These...
...decisions dating back at least 30 years, courts have ruled that the separation of church and state forbids religious groups to make the Bible part of the public-school curriculum. That hasn't stopped folks from trying. Rather than teach Genesis in the classroom, however, they now try to discredit evolution by teaching seemingly scientific but subtly Bible-based alternatives...
...dossier B&W compiled about Wigand to help discredit his testimony, the whistle blower comes across as a chronic troublemaker, quick to complain if his consumer goods were lost or damaged. He also left a previous job under something of a cloud. Several weeks ago, Jack Paller, CEO of Biosonics, Inc., a New Jersey medical-device company, told TIME that in 1987 he had demanded the resignation of Wigand, who was chief operating officer, because he was abusive to the staff. Wigand's attorney contends his client was concerned that Paller was misrepresenting the efficacy of a product...