Word: satanical
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...were received in 1977, says Roberts, while he was spending time alone in a Southwest desert following the death of his daughter and her husband in a plane crash. Carrying out the divine instructions was not easy. Roberts tells of devilish obstructions. On a visit to Israel, he says, Satan attempted to tumble him into the Sea of Galilee. There were mundane problems as well. Donations flagged, and local and federal groups objected to the project on grounds that Tulsa was already overloaded with hospital beds...
...habits of its most fervent believers, "the five-times-a-day prayers, the unnecessary fasts." He forgets that all religious observances are "unnecessary," except to those who practice them. In his judgments of the new fundamentalism, he begins to sound as harsh as any ayatullah railing at the great satan in the West: "This political Islam was rage, anarchy...
...improve security. The three, who complete Banisadr's five-man hit list, also vowed to press on with a purge aimed at eliminating their opposition. The Iranian Foreign Ministry issued a statement blaming the U.S. and Iraq for the attack, and demonstrators chanted, "Death to America, the Great Satan!" as the two coffins were carried through Tehran's streets to Behesht-e-Zahra cemetery...
Even as Tehran's revolutionary leaders fulminated against the Great Satan last week, they got some good news from Washington: the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously upheld Jimmy Carter's right to terminate American suits against Iran and to nullify attachments against Iranian assets, as part of the controversial deal that won freedom for the 52 hostages...
...when it exists has been a subject philosophers and theologians have struggled with for centuries. I doubt that the Congress of the U.S. will come up with the answer. Consequently, it is regrettable that the pro-lifers are threatening opponents with political ruin. They would probably support Satan himself if he ran as a pro-lifer against a pro-choice candidate...