Word: sullivans
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...Blind Faith Re "When not Seeing is Believing" [Oct. 23]: Alarmed at the growing strength of fundamentalist religions, Andrew Sullivan suggested that "moderate," "tolerant" and "humble" believers hold the key to religious peace and sensible politics. Nonsense. When in history has religion, however moderate, prevented or eliminated the ignorance and abuses of zealotry? Even a liberalized interpretation of the Bible, Koran or Talmud offers no guidance on human rights, constitutional guarantees, parliamentary democracy or international law. Those conventions and compacts had to be worked out by painstakingly applying unaided reason to the messy affairs of the real world...
...Sullivan's words of wisdom on fundamentalism and spiritual doubt need to be broadcast worldwide. Unfortunately those who are committed to absolutist religious (or political or economic) doctrines are incapable of participating in the kind of open-ended creative problem solving our present world situation requires. Rosalie Taylor Howlett London, Canada...
...Sullivan said that total, literal belief in ancient Scriptures of all kinds is a bad thing and that partial, selective belief is not so bad. Can we go one step further and assume that no belief at all would be best? Andrew Staudzs Winnipeg, Canada
...start the season is always a terrific one,” coach Frank Sullivan said. “We were making plays in the second half at critical periods of time. We didn’t shoot ourselves in the foot at all when the pressure...
...have to reestablish a level of play right now from the beginning of the year on the homecourt, which is what we did in the non-league [schedule] last year but didn’t do in the Ivy League,” Sullivan added...