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...righteousness of the hero is corrupted in the arrogance of the zealot. The zealot's mind mixes faith, reason and ego to come to its fatal conclusion. Amir's "wisdom" brought him to interpret the militants' belief in a divinely ordained "Greater Israel" as an end in itself, worthy of denying the divine principle of justice on which such a state must be founded...
...they kept coming--it was like he always knew where I was." Outside the court, Greene told reporters that the women had confused his concern for their well-being with harassment. "You're dealing with perceptions," he said, "and I have no way of controlling how someone else might interpret an otherwise innocent event." On Friday the judge, Marine Colonel H.K. Jowers, agreed in part, dismissing Castrucci's two charges, although the trial into Felix's four allegations continues this week...
...prompts a brief debate. Joseph Lewis, 64, a retired Westinghouse engineer and chair of the St. Joseph parish council, suggests that the omission of women from the ranks of the Apostles may have been historical rather than theological: "You've got to put yourself back to A.D. 25 to interpret the Jewish religion and the Roman Empire. Could you picture Christ choosing women Apostles? There's a different frame of mind nowadays...
...lack of something higher than material goods in our political system can send a dangerous message to observers of our society. People may mistakenly interpret our lack of agreement on religion as indicative of religion's lack of importance in our everyday lives. But religion is still of great importance for many Americans. The message encoded into our laws is a misleading...
...JANE AUSTEN MAY HAVE BEEN A lesbian [PEOPLE, Aug. 14]. As a dedicated Austenite, my reaction is, Who cares? The practice of psychoanalyzing historical characters is interesting but suspect, since the people involved can no longer speak for themselves. Another questionable practice is the attempt to interpret the love language of women in another era. Jane's sister Cassandra herself expurgated Austen's letters; it is obvious she found nothing "homoerotic" about what was left. We know this about Jane Austen: she wrote six great novels and several tantalizing fragments. We also know that she remained unattached throughout her life...