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Some eras have been particularly critical for God's history. During the so- called Axial Age (800 B.C. to 200 B.C.), political and economic changes led to new religious ideologies throughout the known civilized world: Taoism and Confucianism in China, Buddhism and Hinduism in India, the rational philosophy of Plato...
Modern monotheism, as Armstrong sees it, has had two main flaws. One is a tendency toward "belligerent righteousness," which has led to pogroms, inquisitions and other shameful manifestations of intolerance that defile the image of God as a benevolent creator. The other -- most apparent in Western Christianity -- is a tendency...
And what an alternative it is. Perot's disqualifications for the presidency are numerous. He has demonstrated a public personality that lacks any vestige of the calm, rational mind the country needs in its head of state. When asked probing questions, he bristles and barks about how the media is...
But rational self-interests only gain the upper hand when one side has worn out its ardor in denying the other side's humanity. That time comes when people understand that their malevolent dreams cannot be realized: neither Israel nor the P.L.O. can destroy each other. Or that moment arrives...
"A definite outline of what looks 'Right' -- wearable, rational, elegant -- has become discernable. The strength of fashion now is in its almost total plainness and simplicity." -- Harper's Bazaar