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...hurrah to NBC for supporting what should be one of the best portrayals of Christ ever put on celluloid-Jesus of Nazareth [April 4]. As for the critics of the production, Bob Jones and his followers, I hope the non-Christian world does not take them too seriously. Jesus dealt with people like this in his day -they were called Pharisees...
Fatal Risks. The next problem: If God, then which God? Küng takes a far more positive view of non-Christian religions than does traditional Catholicism, but he still finds Christianity to be superior. Küng insists that it is possible to doubt the authenticity of many New Testament stories, as many Bible experts do, and still learn enough about Jesus to believe in him. Küng himself doubts many of Christ's miracles and considers the story of his birth largely legendary. For him, the center of faith is not Christmas but Easter. He vividly...
...community certain minorities may at times not feel "part of the group." This seems to be Ms. Reisman's chief complaint, that, as a non-Christian she feels "excluded" both by the United States and from a part of the University which she considers her home. Nonsense. It is her choice to disdain Christianity and there is nothing wrong with that. Further, Harvard should avoid conflicts such as the one involving Freshman registration and Rosh Hashanah. But to contend that because not all students here are Christian members of that faith should be prohibited from expressing their sentiments in public...
...hoped that Harvard would be different. There are a lot of non-Christian students here, and I thought that the student body as a whole would be sensitive to the needs of minority students. I am going home for Christmas next week. But, at my house, Christmas passes like any other day. I was here during Chanukah, when I would have liked to celebrate my holidays with my family. We non-Christians are not given vacation days to be with our families during the holidays that are important to us. This year Freshman registration was on Rosh Hashanah...
Pope Paul had stressed in his opening speech that evangelism was a permanent task of the church, that the Gospel must be preached to all, "to ensure that every tongue confesses that Christ is the only Lord and Saviour." Yet he also noted that even "non-Christian religions must no longer be regarded as rivals, but as a field of lively, respectful interest." In any case, added Ireland's Cardinal Conway, "there must be no boot-in-the-door type of salesmanship...