Word: sinning
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Also regarded by critics as a sin of omission is the new book's loss of burial service readings such as "Man, that is born of a woman, hath but a short time to live, and is full of misery. He cometh up, and is cut down, like a flower; he fleeth as it were a shadow, and never continueth in one stay...
Meanwhile, there were intimations of dark things from abroad. Lord of the Flies featured an island full of shipwrecked kids enacting a parable of original sin, and Our Mother's House was populated by a family of true charmers who kept their dead mother's body in the garden...
...Sin by Any Other Name...
...Sinfully Together" [July 9] you stated, "It used to be called living in sin.' " Sir, it still is called "living in sin." It amazes me how simple it is for people to jockey morality around to suit a lifestyle...
Boswell saw his afflictions as the price of sin. Yet he refused to practice berth control and even patronized brothels, which was tantamount to sexual kamikaze. He died unpleasantly when infection infiltrated and destroyed his kidneys...