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...Azerbaijan's upheaval. He led the Muslim ceremony in honor of the dead when 1.5 million people gathered at the Cemetery of the Martyrs above Baku to mourn the people killed in Azerbaijan during January's Soviet army attack -- more than 300, claim Popular Front officials. "It's a sin when the head of the country uses religion in politics," Allahshukur says. "I didn't expect Gorbachev to play with the souls and religious feelings of Muslims...
INHERENT in my coming forward in print was a kind of familial betrayal--what Richard Rodriguez might call a "sin against intimacy." Later, when I asked the controversial author about the power of writers to stir thought, he responded under his breath that "writers have only the power to offend..." I have obviously done that...
...third time in the last decade that the Crimson hasn't had a 20-win season...Even after playing only half the season, Keven Melrose still finished second in the league in penalty minutes, five minutes behind RPI's Bruce Coles...Harvard spent the second-most time in the sin bin of any team in the league...
Among the more prominent evangelists coming under attack are Robert Schuller (Hour of Power) and Pat Robertson (700 Club). Both are portrayed as distorting the traditional Christian doctrine of original sin, which holds that each person is born sinful and thus requires redemption by Jesus Christ. Schuller, for instance, states that "the core of sin is a lack of self- esteem" -- not quite what St. Augustine had in mind...
...arrogance, avarice, sleaze, fraud and carnal sin were not enough for the industry, various televangelists are being charged with sloppy doctrine by fellow Bible Belters...