Word: sin
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...call it a mistake, a mendacity. I call it sin . . . I have no one but myself to blame," he intoned. As he continued, his voice sometimes fell to a hoarse whisper, sometimes cracked with emotion. He embarked upon an extemporaneous litany, begging forgiveness in sequence from Wife Frances (who nodded and smiled tightly), from Son Donnie (who mouthed the words "I love you"), from pastors and missionaries of his denomination, from fellow TV evangelists across the land and from his followers around the world...
...point did Swaggart utter a word about what his sin was. But the entire world was already learning about sexual indiscretions committed over an extended period by this specialist in denouncing sins of the flesh. Swaggart stood accused of strange, secret involvements with prostitutes in sleazy motels. His own church body acted after being confronted with incriminating photographs...
...throwback to the fire-and-brimstone preachers of old, Swaggart was ever attacking sin, especially sexual immorality and such manifestations as rock 'n' roll, through which First Cousin and Childhood Chum Jerry Lee Lewis had won fame. Pornography, another pet target, constituted a form of "addiction," he proclaimed. Those who sell it "represent the worst our great nation has to offer, the scum on an otherwise tranquil pond...
...offer. Though the nation knows in its gut that it is time to move beyond the feel-good pap that Reagan offered, it is not ready to bestow popularity on those who call for realistic prescriptions. Last week Bruce Babbitt discovered that sad truth. So did Robert Dole, whose sin was taking the sensible position that he would not rule out all tax increases...
Though normally regarded as anti-Communist, the Polish Pope in this instance was equally critical of capitalism and Marxism. Each, said the Pontiff, "harbors in its own way a tendency toward imperialism" and employs "structures of sin" in seeking wealth and influence in the world's poor nations. What they desperately need, said he, is "impartial aid from all the richer and more developed countries...