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Symbolic Value. To be sure, there are still plenty of priests and ministers who see as still valid the traditional rationales for exemption: the clergy performs a vital function for society, and those who are dedicated to preaching God's peace should not have their hands stained with the blood of human war. Jesuit Biblical Scholar John McKenzie argues that mustering ministers "would destroy the symbolic value that the clergyman ought to have. He is to represent in this world that man whose mission was to die for others and not to kill them." Even so, there appears...
...owners are claiming that the option agreement was not valid because its terms were altered at the last moment and the owners were not informed of the changes...
...main objection is that certain teams (like Dartmouth's eleven and Princeton's five) may be flooded with G.U.T. less opponents. Some League officials suggest giving teams the option of declining to schedule half-hearted opposition, but that view shows a lack of understanding for the undeniably valid principles involved...
Further, it is not a little bit discouraging that these gentlemen have not yet learned that anti-communism, no matter how "liberal," is completely inconsistent with any belief in democracy and civil liberties. Democrats accept everyone as an equally valid source of claims and do not judge the positions of anyone on grounds other than those directly connected with the issue at hand. A democrat opposes or supports solely on the relevant dimensions of the issue. Why? Simply because only these aspects are available and meaningful for open discussion and debate; to attempt to penetrate the hidden reasons...
...interpreting afresh the faith" for his generation. Whether churchgoers like it or not, he says, clergymen are attempting to translate "information about the Word into the lifetimes of the people." Any theme or technique that makes God's message a living reality, Rowland suggests, has a valid place in the preaching of the church...