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This is, in fact, an intensely literal, historical, reverent treatment of a year in the life of Jesus, son of God. It's written in simple, sedate language that steers clear of both clanging anachronisms and those King Jamesian ye's and unto's and begats. A few liberties are taken; Rice plays with the idea that young Jesus might have befriended the philosopher Philo of Alexandria, and she has Jesus perform the odd healing or two and a bit of weather control, but that's hardly much of a walk on the apocryphal side...
...Muslims living in Western countries feel that the West deserves to be attacked because it is waging an "assault on Islam." And in return, Westerners find many Muslim practices abhorrent and oppressive. One has to ask whether our cultures have any common ground. A reminder of the fact that God belongs to all religions might help bring people together and help heal the rift that sadly is getting larger...
...energy and sharpness. More and more of his entries dwindle into local gossip and silly worries about his boyfriends and his weight. He was always better suited to being a camera than a mirror. Yet even at his weakest, he earns our trust with his entirely human cries of "God, make me pure--but not just...
...album closer, “When God Made Me,” a simple and earnest plea for tolerance in the aftermath of 9-11, is likely to split opinions. The song’s first verse is artlessly direct, and betrays Young’s leftist sympathies: “Was he thinking about my country / Or the color of my skin? / Was he thinking about my religion / And the way I worshipped him? / Did he create just me in His image / Or every living thing? / When God made...
...button and the devil arrives. Kilmer: I married a girl from England, so I wouldn’t know about that. THC: So, Shane, are you a big Pauline Kael fan? Black: No, no. I had no idea that [renowned, now-deceased New Yorker film critic] Pauline Kael, God bless her, had ever written a book called “Kiss Kiss Bang Bang”…Actually it was based on James Bond, who was referred to by the Japanese at one point as Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, and that subsequently became the title...