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Died. Nathan Homer Knorr, 72, third president of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society, the 105-year-old denomination also known as Jehovah's Witnesses; after a long illness; in Wallkill, N.Y. During his 35 years as president of the society, which believes that Armageddon is near at hand, Knorr helped build up its membership from 113,000 to 1 million, in 80 countries. A vigorous preacher, Knorr charged that organized religion was working the world's destruction by perverting the Bible's teaching...
...Jehovah divided his universe: Anaconda, Ford Motors, Coca-Cola...
...nuanced expressions, as well as the ventriloquistic ease with which he mimics the voices of Thomas's friends and family, are spellbinding even when the material itself is not. In the overly long first act, Williams sketches, among others, the portraits of Cousin Gwilym, who writes love poetry to Jehovah, and Thomas's young friend Dan, who authored seven historical novels before the age of 12. ("Just early stuff," he remarks modestly...
...went to a white elementary school in Pittsburgh where I was called a nigger. I went to a black high school where I was called a Chink. This sense of separation was right there from the beginning. I was born Catholic, but later was brought up as a Jehovah's Witness. That also gave me a sense of separation. You are not supposed to salute the flag, and in fourth grade all the kids beat on you: "Are you some kind of pinko Commie...
...marchers, most of whom are Orthodox Jews, belong to Israel's Gush Emunin (Group of the Faithful), who take Jehovah's commandment from the Book of Genesis with fanatic literalness. To them, it means that Jews, as Abraham's descendants, have a God-given birthright to the West Bank of the Jordan. For it was at Bethel that the Lord is said to have commanded Abraham...