Word: prophetic
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...missing in action"; rather, because a group claims to have seized him, he is considered "captured." Yet he is not a "prisoner of war" because no one at the Pentagon has the faintest idea what that group--the "Persistent Power Against the Enemies of God and the Prophet"--is. Consequently, there can be no talk of the Geneva convention with his captors or of visits from the Red Cross to make sure he is being well treated or is even alive. He has simply been swallowed by some element of the hydra-headed insurgency--a missing man in the hands...
...many names and many identities. When Bono, the lead singer of the Irish rock band U2, inducted Marley into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994, he said this about the Tuff Gong: "He wanted everything at the same time and was everything at the same time: prophet, soul rebel, Rastaman, herbsman, wild man, a natural mystic man, ladies man, island man, family man, Rita's man, soccer man, showman, shaman, human, Jamaican...
...this information cannot be corroborated by other sources - that's why we call it faith. Karen Rogers Chattanooga, Tennessee, U.S. If your story scrutinizing the factual truth of the Gospel accounts of the Nativity had been written in the same tone and vein about the Koran and its Prophet Muhammad, it would no doubt invoke a fatwa by the mullahs. The piece is full of conjectures and speculation by theologians. Please do your readers a favor. In the future, assign such articles to born-again, Bible-believing Christians. There are more than enough other subjects with which skeptics, agnostics...
...from the CIA and once headed its bin Laden unit, tells TIME he believes that in their series of recent messages and tapes, bin Laden and al-Zawahiri have been subtly addressing criticism from some Muslim clerics that the Sept. 11 attacks violated Islamic edicts against surprise attacks. "The Prophet's guidance," says Scheuer, "was always, Before you attack someone, warn them very clearly and offer them a chance to convert to Islam." He contends that bin Laden, by making his warnings very explicit, has "done everything that's required" so that, in his mind, "the criticisms he got after...
...never wanted to be a prophet or a savior. Elvis maybe. I could see myself becoming him. But prophet...