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Interior's Watt: determined, righteous and on the move
...special part of the System. No one is more zealous than James Watt, 43, the lanky, brusque Secretary of the Interior. His soft voice and thick glasses make him seem a little like a benign mortician, but that could be misleading. For Jim Watt has all the self-righteous conviction of the born-again Christian that he is, and his goal is no less ambitious than converting America's soul about harvesting its vast natural resources...
...Mountain States Legal Foundation, which thwarted environmental regulations, have convinced some environmentalists that his ultimate goal is to snatch the national treasures from the people and turn them over to powerful industrial interests. Since more than a few conservation activists are every bit as determined and self-righteous as Watt, that could prove a dangerous mission...
After an introductory prayer, Short quoted extensively from the Bible to prove that "the theory of racism has no place biblically." Speaking in passionate tones, he urged the audience to be "righteous and holy against oppression." Summing up the Church's effect on racism, he said "The Church has made feeble attempts to protest racism, but has often been co-opted into the system...
...Kung honestly believe that by showing us what he arrogantly considers the "disastrous consequences" of other religions, he will convince us of the righteous claim of the Christian God? Are the consequences of the cult of the cow any more disastrous than the consequences of Christian Crusader zeal? This can hardly be a "rational" proof for the existence...