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...most offensive tenet vanished in June in a "revelation" promulgated by Kimball, who is regarded as God's unique "Prophet, Seer and Revelator." Henceforth, headquarters announced, "all worthy males" may enter the priesthood, a lay office normally attained by all young men in the clergyless church. Previously the Mormons had denied the office to "Africans." The change will give blacks celestial benefits. Priests can "seal" their marriages for eternity in the temple. This, in turn, means they can aspire to the highest level in the multitiered Mormon heaven after they die. Thus Phone Repairman Joseph Freeman, 25, who became...
...believe that the United States will drown in the waves of complacency of the '70s. My reason for this belief is founded on the tenet that an individual can make a difference. Depite the ignominious, alienating pressures of the expanding world. I believe that people can improve their society and that they can enhance their environment. What I submit is not a lofty doctrine of Utopian ideals; instead, it is a confidence, in self and in humanity, that defeats the forces of apathy, insolence, and disgust which have invaded...
...lose our innocence through psychic pollution," which is, "like environmental pollution, an inevitable result of human society." The point is rammed home by a montage of photographs showing various moments of violence and human misery. But this effective cinematic ploy is followed by the enunciation of the guiding tenet underlying the spiritual system of Arica: "Unity must be achieved as a fact of reason and not an act of faith." The constant drone of John Bleibtreu's narration muddies the film, distracting the viewer from the lush visual imagery contained in the footage...
...amazing thing about On Moral Fiction is that, despite the naivete of its fundamental tenet, it is filled with acute, valuable observations on contemporary art. Gardner's ideas make a lot more sense when he applies them to contemporary culture than when he states them in the abstract...
...giving the minority groups special representation and were therefore opposed to the constitution in its present form. The convention delegates, similarly, abhorred the thought of tainting the "divine" institution of one-man-one-vote and were amazed that the minority students were so eager to discard this basic tenet of political philosophy...