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...Lord said his kingdom was not of this world (John 18:36). Armageddon is therefore not a final battle in this world but a confrontation between good and evil people in the spiritual realm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Nov. 26, 1984 | 11/26/1984 | See Source »

...addition to raising questions of the appropriateness of species-to-species transplants, the Baby Fae case has brought some long-avoided issues of medical ethics into the public realm. Once again, however, more questions than answer have been brought...

Author: By Joseph F Kahn, | Title: Baby Fae: A Breakthrough or an Aberration? | 11/21/1984 | See Source »

Among the issues that have been most distorted is the very nature of the Sikh-Hindu rift in the realm of religious doctrine. By stressing Sikh monotheism and opposition to the caste system in contrast to Hindu polytheism and age-old caste system. Western observers have presented the two religions as inherently hostile towards each other. Yet this interpretation misstates, the true nature of the Hindu religious tradition; the non-credal, non-dogmatic nature of Hinduism allows it to be extremely pluralistic and to uphold coexistence with the Christians, Buddhists, Jains and Sikhs. Moreover, to pit Sikhism and Hinduism against...

Author: By Sung HEE Suh, | Title: Rocking the Ship of State | 11/20/1984 | See Source »

Looking toward the future, supernovae study may lead to a whole new realm of physics, Seward says. For example, pulsars contain gravitational fields more powerful than can possibly be created on Earth...

Author: By Christopher J. Georges, | Title: Bringing Dead Stars Back to Life | 11/2/1984 | See Source »

...readings translate "Kingdom of God" as "realm of God." God as the familiar "King of Glory" of Psalm 24 becomes the "Glorious Ruler," a phrase that sounds more suitable for the dictator of a banana republic. In Matthew 2, the Three Wise Men seek "the ruler of the Jews" even though Jesus was indisputably a male and the translators later allow Pilate to call him "King of the Jews." In Hebrews 1:3, it is God's "Child," not "Son," who has the power to uphold the universe, which sounds like a weighty responsibility for a juvenile...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: More Scriptures Without Sexism | 10/29/1984 | See Source »

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