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...conservative Roman Catholic, I had a preconceived idea about how I would react to your report on DeGeneres and others who live a gay life-style. However, my reading of the superbly objective article, coupled with the knowledge that God showers limitless love equally on all humankind, made me realize that obligations are placed on us to offer more love to all God's creations and try to understand the uniqueness God intended. HENRY T. DOHERTY Miami...
Jesus was hardly tentative about proclaiming the world to come. His first words as a preacher were, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand." However, most of his famous metaphors for heaven (as the treasure hidden in a field or the pearl of great price) address humankind's ideal relationship to God's kingdom more than a specific paradise. Regarding heaven's actual "mysteries," he tells the Apostles that it is not given to most people to know them. An exception to this rule is his chilling parable of Lazarus and Dives: The rich master, consigned to hell...
...film Star Wars is not about video games and woozy echoes of love [CINEMA, Feb. 10]. It is a study of archetypes and an expression of the unconscious collective experience of humankind. Star Wars has it all: hero, villain, magic weapon, quest and heroine. We have been rewriting this story throughout time; only the names have been changed to modernize it. Shakespeare would have loved it. LISA BYRD Malvern, Arizona...
...fundamental question we must ask ourselves is, What is this man actually doing for the betterment of humankind? The answer is, Nothing. However, Gates seems to be in a position to control ever greater aspects of our lives. As you put it, he is "the man who is shaping our future." And Gates, with his materialism and hunger for power, seems to be more a detriment to society than a positive influence. By worshipping knowledge over wisdom, by embracing greed over sharing and by clinging to logic without spirituality, he epitomizes the attitude that has brought our world...
...attracted a global audience of more than 500 million people in 60 countries. A prolific writer, Sagan won a Pulitzer Prize in 1978 for The Dragons of Eden, a book on the evolution of human intelligence. An unabashed popularizer, Sagan believed in the existence of extraterrestrial life and in humankind's need to colonize the universe. Said he: "We make our world significant by the courage of our questions and by the depth of our answers...