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...devout believer, Boykin may also wonder why it is impermissible to say that the God you believe in is superior to the God you don't believe in. I wonder this same thing as a nonbeliever: Doesn't one religion's gospel logically preclude the others'? (Except, of course, where they overlap with universal precepts, such as not murdering people, that even we nonbelievers can wrap our heads around.) Although Boykin's version of Christianity seems less like monotheism than the star of a high school polytheism tournament, his basic point is that Christianity is right and Islam is wrong...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Religious Superiority Complex | 11/3/2003 | See Source »

...there is another threat that deserves immediate attention: the remote but scary possibility of accidental microbial contamination from space. In H.G. Wells’ original “War of the Worlds” (1897), the superior Martian invaders were defeated in the end by “the humblest thing that God in His wisdom put upon this Earth”—by microbes, who caused the defenseless Martians to catch colds...

Author: By David H. Grinspoon, | Title: Space Invaders | 10/30/2003 | See Source »

When it came to war, most of Saddam's armies either chose flight over fight or were neutered by commanders who had agreed to accommodate the coalition. Colonel Ali Jaffar Hussan al-Duri was not one of them, but his ultimate superior was. Once the fighting had begun, Hussan's division of the al-Quds army, an official Iraqi militia, received what he called "an incredible" order to send half the men home on leave. He challenged the edict with his brigadier, who was equally bemused. They attempted to verify it, but communications had been cut. So they dismissed half...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Secret Collaborators | 10/20/2003 | See Source »

...some agile guitar licks, but at times bring Devil rather close to standard guitar rock. This is not all bad—“Save Me” sounds like it could have come off Anastasio’s solo album, only graced by Matthews’ infinitely superior vocals...

Author: By Crimson Staff, | Title: New Music | 10/17/2003 | See Source »

Columbia kept the third game close throughout before finally succumbing to a superior Crimson squad by a two-point margin...

Author: By J. PATRICK Coyne, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: W. Volleyball Loses To Cornell, Beats Columbia On N.Y. Swing | 10/14/2003 | See Source »

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