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Children Suffer
Muunung
~:vi.Jcncc:
1nd1cah:s
thl.lt
parcnt~ wh~'
\tnoke
txposc
thcH duldrcn to numcrous hcalth
hdt..ar<.h
Rc:~tuche"
oll
th.c:
Londoo
S..:hool nr
H!~t<nc
and
rropac-.tl
Mc:~.hc.:tne
h., ..e round
th.u Chlldren
of
'molr.tn!
partnts
.uc: ..
ubJ«lcd
to dout'tlc thc
n~l
o(
an
.ut.telr.
of
pncumo n•• m bronchlll\ dunog
thc
ltf'\t
~ur
of hfc. Thc L..mdon
The
BIRLE-
S-IUd) .ai\.C.l p.>•nh uut
th.11 chtldren
who
wn
1\'C:
rt'J' 'trator,
rllne~s
m
thc hf'\1 )C.H
o(
hfe ha\ie bcen
tound
10
be 3oUbJ«I to chrontc res·
p1ral"l)'
4.1 • ~t.a\C
lalcr
m
hfo.
Of
cout\e. ;nwl..mg
has airead)
becn \:Oil\'lnCJngly lwked
wuh
lung
l.•WCct.
hco~rt l.h~cll<;e,
.and
m.any othcr
mai:Jthe!.
13ut thc
harmful cnCct' ' '"
c.:h•ldrtn ..:and
prtl>Umabl) on non..
motung
adullS
a)
\\C:II
ad.J .an
c:'lri.
d•m.:n,ion
of conccrn
PC"th.ar,
cl\o3-e \\
ho
won't quet (or thclt o""n
heahb''li
.. aLe .
~111
quac
for ...
omconc
d,..,
o
AContemporary Book?
by
Lester Grabbe
1
r.:ceru ly relllrned from
thc
IIOch
\lnoual
conv('nlion of the
So·
cu:t)
ol'
~-~1bllcal
Lucraturc. hcld an
W»honstnn.
D.C
Hundrcds
o(
~h'lll,ar
.. frum Norrh Americ:a nnd
JbR,.td
,.uhcrcd
for
five
days tO
rt"ad an..S
dhcUS.~
p:lpef'.
ronduct
)CmiO.t"-
c.:on)uh
on
profes.saonaJ
m.utcr....
•nd
•n
general kcep
.ibtc.J\l oC
thc
IIIIC\t
re-.e..uch b\
theor
<oll<a&~~<'>
•
T'hc
ha,lc mc!iU!;c
of
~hcttton
has
nc\tf
bcc:n
ob~rc.
Thc
wayof
hfc
whh.:h
tcads cu
ctcm~•l
lifc
h~
31WO)'~ <~;hone
dearly
from
thc
fh\(tC'
(ti
\hOt\
\loolri. of
book co
Hut
111
l)Ud1 •ln ;mcaem
p1e(."C
o(
htcrature. chc:re
.tte
many
ques11on~
oonccrn1ng
tcJ(t, language. des-ign.
;ymbol
.111d
meanong which help
to
L.CCf\
lhat ancacnt
t.oolt..
forevcr
young
and foreHr new. rherl!
are
d1ffcren~c>
of
o,~pproach
10
che
81blc ..tnd d1fTcrcnCC'S
o(
optnion
Jbuul lh on¡un
prcscr...
-auon
<tnd
conunuc:d
"alue
8uc
chc
m~JOnt)
or
l>obi~<:JI
><hol3r\. v.heth<r libm>l
or oon\C'r'\.111\'t",
are
con\ mcc:d
o(
lb
rt:IC\'JI'k.'e
10
thr 20th
centul)
The
Soco<t)
o(
Boblo<al
Lner•·
wrc
promo1~
rt:)o(arch mlo
'anous
dl)1.:1pllnt~
rrlaung
10
bibhcal
ilud"
Sec.:uon-.
¡¡n¡J
scm•na~
\l.erc
de ...
·c.ltcd
10 :\UCh
da....
cr~
top•cs as
l)aulu1e
Scudtcs. Sepcuagmt
a.nd
Co¡nale Studi.:<. Acc' of
thc
AJ'OMic,, Early Rabbinic litera·
1\lfC.
M1drn~h.
Forn1
<"ri cic•sm.
rcxtual ( ·
rHttr.:l''"· M
awrtllc
~tud·
•e~.
llcbrt!w aand (.
-~Jgnalc
Latera–
cure;.•
amJ
1
Jrs,umac
Stud a c"~
Wh1lc
'Ome
of thc>e: m..
t'f
\Ound sorne·
\\hat
c~tCrt(.;
tu
th~
.t\Ct.lge
man
thcy
all
h.l"c poacnu111 \illue for a
bcucr
undcf'\mndtnl
of
thc
81blc.
The
~htn~lcc~oe W':"-'10~
o(
che
\Oett"ty'.s.
annu,;~l
m«:Unt
"e~
pn–
moinl)
of
•nlcr~l
to
~hoi.,D
.and
profa,>tOnal
thcoiO!IJ.ns
But
from
1~
.tC<ldCinloC.;
di~U«IOR~
oomt
new
unde"tan..Jms~
v.h1ch
fihcr
down nuo che
C(tmmtnldfÍC-\..
reli-
1-'0U\
maf.a11ftC(,
.and
flnall}·
10
the
l¡¡ymnn
tum,df
A htbltcal trulh
af–
t'Ccung
)OUr hfe 111J)' havc h,td irs
,lrig1n
in t'n ur..:h,,colog.•cal dag tn
otn
<,~cun:
<.'orner of thc world or
'"thc midnaght effMh uf a Ugarttic–
scholar
rc.mng
ovcr
tcxb
of
a long
ror~otten
rcorl<.
Thc B•blc hiiC\
1
ll' "CI')'
Vl\acny
ts wltncM.ed
by
uur
entlre
modtrn
Wcstcrn
'-'Orl(j "uh
rOOL\
tlc:~pl)·
t"mbeddc.J
10 thc Juf.!co·C*hn>Uan
ht"ftt•gc
[,tn
ltkh< \\hO \\.JOt lO
O\Crthro" the
Bthle cannot den)
tht"arown
htni.II:C
The
pog<>
o>l the
f'lam
fr~~th
<:VnunuJII}
den\on~tralc
ho\\
the
b1bhcJI
md\3!e ' '
not
only rele–
,·ant.
buc
c~o>er
vual.
10
contempo·
rary
man.
h.uurc 1ssues
~,~.,u
also
C.1ff)'
nructc\ s.ho"' '"i
how
modern
rc$C:arch
an\.1
dt\CO\'Cf) contributc
to
m::ll..mg that
mc,sage
more lucid
.an'-'
c11cn more
ur~c nt
O
1
just a
"Little White lie"?
by
Ted Herlofson
L)IOI
Jnd
d•~honc~l}'
.lrc: com–
m<'npiJcC
tn
toda)'·~
..soph•r
au.JIC'd"
hfe·style
Wc hear and
rc.Jd
ho
so
oncn
that 'er;·
~arl~-
an
J¡(c \\(
«J\C
thmktng
or
thcm as
\u~h
Tht}
b«omc
Jn
an1egral
part
o(
t.lur
C\l'lence
To
lhmk
tluu ;,
"null
ht
could
be
all that 1mpor–
t,tnlan
che
sophl'\ticated
seventies
l.s
a
concept
thac
1S
a lmost quuint. h·s
un 1dcn
thac
sorne clatm
is
bctter
suuc\.1 tU
thc
dny
of
the
roding
cluur
and
corncob pipe-. not 10 this
duy Mchoophc>Cicated Iic.
lu~s
art" so
common
that
\OU
n11eh1
And
1t
d•ftkull to rec.all. the
ldq
11mc )OU
heard -
or
told -
onc.
~me
he\ are so obvious
chal
-.e e'
en
hnd
thcm
tootfensi,c:;
tbe:
ghb
pohua•n malong campaign
Wf,EK ENDINO FEB. 8.
1975
prom1~)
ht
hJ'
o..•
mtcnllon uf
kecptn¡.
or
tht
f.t~l·t.aU.m~
saJcs.
man
a~unna
)OU
hu •.
product
wall
l:ut
1 hfcttmc
""hcn
11
ob\
iou.i1\'
won·t
l.l~t
a
\Car
In >Uch cases..
v.~
IJ~uall)
ho,pt:r.uher
than
hehtH~.
Othcr forrm
of
hcll .are le» obvt·
OU.).
more
•nn<x:ent appcaring:
the
c.:ommuniClUtOil\ media. wach tb
abthty tol!ofant and
~hade
the
new~:
televiston
rommerci,al ~
thnt
use re·
pelition
to
builc.l
bellevab•lhy; or
th<:
hcro of your favome
ttl~vi~ ion
thnllcr who líes
to
cntrap a
gang of
hoodlum\
Dutm¡
thc
N•xon 3dmmastra–
uon. the
IY.O
hiJ:hc"'
pohucal of·
li«:s
m the
Unucd
Scaccs
"~t~.ere
empucd. due
10
dl\hon<11y. M••>
1n tha:c admtntstrattOn had bt"en so
No Room for God in the
World's First Atheistic State
by
Gerhard Marx
One of tht
b;"'C rrce\Jonh BUM·
antecd b) thc
Amcnc••n
(;Oft\tiiU·
uon and
tho~
o(
urhcr
We~t•un
nauon_).
b
thc
(rccd,,m '-' '
rchgaon
tht
fret:dOm
CO cmbr.a\:C
the
(JICh
uf
one·..
chou;e.
But can
)OU
tmarmc
hvtnE m a
counlf)
\\he
re tht' pnu·
1-e~
IS wuhdrawll,..
Can
\'OU
pec1urc
a <;.nuac.on
whcrc 11
..,. ·,m~\lblt"
for ,ou to
le-pn,
purdt.l.~
a R1blc-t
Where:
}OU
are
unablc
10
.11tend
any
churC"h
ror
c.l1"
anc
~-o"h1p-t
Whe:re lhe:rc
t(
no
pru:~l
or
muw.~er
lO
be
found~
Thcrt b such
.t
\-'OU
ncf\
Al~
ban1a.
Tht
1any Hnlk.an ·,uuc "
IOdl.'ly
UOI'JUC
.tn10il8 tht:
t.'()lntnU•
nist world
UnhL.c
other
h,l,t
Euro·
pcan
nation~.
Alhl.ln1u\ tfoors to
tounsm ha\'('
JC'm:uned
11giHiy
'hur
(or
lh<
laso
30 }<Of' So
ha•< pra<·
hcally a11
tradc
lmh
'-'lfh
lht
Wc-,t
For
the
W~ccm
tout•il
or buiii–
ncs.o;m..in to
gct a JXrwn..tl JhmP'c
of
Alban1a lS
ftt"At
lO
lmJ'C)\.l!blc
Who thtd t'JD ICoi\el lO
1h1\
"for·
btdden'"'l.and-t
1
put th1s, quc-.11on
co
a
Yutm.J~,
!O'cmmt'nl
offiaal
1n
T1lograd.
tbe
t.:ll)
bordcnnr
Al·
ban1L He
e'pl.a1nC'd
th.u
onl~
.a
sc-
1«1
fev.•
4fC
sr&nlcd
lht
pn'l.-t)cgt
from
lime
to
tJmc.
but
thcn
only '"
<pc:eoally
poc~ed
groul" undtr lh<
rig.ad ausp1cei of
thc
Alhanuu\ gn\ •
crnmcnt.
A ptN>n muil h;lvC' ::.n
cxtrcmcly good
rca,on
.1nd
che
pa tíence
of
¡,
Job
to
be
4llvwef.f
u
sig.ht·see1n,g
tour of
1h1'
"n¡•lle~t
of
comnH.m•sc
nauom ' "
1':.1~1 (~uropc.
What IS umque abou1
Alb~1n1a
¡,
ns claim
tu
bean¡
thc fiht
t(ltall)'
ttlheistic
s tate m thc
world
1t
~~
thc
only commun1st countr)' that
h.~~
madc
thc
practu;c
ot
rcl•gton 3
puni'ihable cnmc.
Whcrc~
othcr
commun.st
nauons ..
gu:~rantec
.. re·
llg•ou.!
fre~om
'" the1r
r~p«uve
~.:onJttitutions.
Albanta
doe)
not
cvcn
concede
th&s
\t"tb.tl
(ormaht)'
to
lti
cw\1 malhon
~nhabuanh
No
rthgion.
whcthrr
pracctced pn·
,...tely or
coUcctJ\d).
L"'
offictall~
tolcrated.
Tbe archnect mA&nl)' rt''J'C>""blt
for
1hís
~icua110n
1, Alban101·,
tradcr.
En"·er Hox.ha.
Ht)
~um
' '
to
force
upon
hJ.s
naiJon a
parhtul¡_uJy
··rur~··
form
or 'JoOCial"m. The
ere·
Jll()n of
this
egahtarian
soctcty.
;l(.'•
cordmg
h)
Ho"ha.
l t<ave~
no room
(or
relig.10n. The
Albaman
regm1c
' ' tloccd
for
i t.S
ruahl~nc..~
m
)Uj)–
prc)sing any
oppo.saüon
wh1Ch
v.ould
darc: granl any
rchgton
The 10Commandments–
Backbone of Western law and Morality
by
John
R
Schroeder
Much
orthe
\fo.).lu. ltl\\
ha' dt\•
appear«t inco
h1~tory
Antm31 qc.
rifice!
du.mtcgratcd
wuh 1he
end
or
the
Jcw1sh
Commonv,.cahh
o(
Pal·
estinc 10 A.O. 70. Thc 1mpor1anct
of thc
Jewa~h
Cl\•11
codt))o
aho d1·
Olil'li!htd
Wl lh lhc 3hOIIII('Ift
or
temple
sacnfke~
entrappcd
111
thctr
own
wch
of
h(."S
that
there
wa~
no
other
rti.'()UhC
but lO lc..
ve
Offi«
lñere: s1mpl)
u.
no
,u~h
thulg
a,
a
hule
'-'hllc
he
Whcthcr
u\
..t
!rt'-31 b•g dtn)
bi.J(l
he
or
onl) an
imen11onaJ
.shadm¡
of thr
ltulh. de·
grce
LS
anc1dcnul.
A
he ' ' a he
1'
.1
líe. h
l)
an
tncent
to
dettt\C
Untes~
each
tnd1"1du~l
comes
to
the place w-hcrr he
)(fi\'C'
~
ach
:lll
his htan to
\peal..
th..: uuth. Ood
sa~
he
w1ll ne:verentcrcternety, To
Mreu
thc
pomt. Ood
IO'Iptrcd
double
empha~l'l
111
the
book
or
Provcrbs when
mcnuon
i~~t
nu•de:
of
those
~e11en
thtn,SS
he
halt"'
most
Lying
t )
menuoncd
twlrt
{l'rovcrtx
6: 16-19).
God
loathcs d«:<ll. he< Jnd
h~·
pocmy! Oon·c tale lyona hghcl>
Begin. nght now. thonkons.
>peak·
ang. and
h' '"l
.1
hrc of
•ntt"@.fll)
HoneSt)
t\
ul.,.·u•·¡
thc
be.,t
poloq.
o
Most
of
thc Olhtr
an1f:u:.l~ ~)r
lht
Old
Testamenc Jew1sh
MOJtc "'ere
dtscardc.d
m
tht
Chnsu;~n
era Thc
Jcru)alcm Confcrcncc
recordcd
10
A<ts
15. (or examplt. 10undcd the
de:nh
knell
uf
carcumCI'\IOn
'"a
re·
ligious
practicc
ror
Chfi S i illn~ .
Ecdcsiastical l:.ws
se~m
tu c;omc
and go: even thc: ane•ent
Codt
of
H:tmmurabi
is now
mcrcl)
an 111·
tcrcsting
histoncal fo.ss-11
Nauot1al
consutuhom
41rc abo
.amended ¡.S
umes
change E11en
>uc=h sacred co-.'S
a>
the proh1bttton
ag;aJnSt
banh
con~rol
and thc:
othtr
..bloc laws- are coman! 111to que,...
taon.
and
dy•ngthe
death .
Yet
one set ofltl\\\ ha)
)UI"\1\aJ
from
time
immemonal
Spokcn
b)
thc mouth
o(
God
and ,.nucn
b)
hts
hand. tbt
Tt"n C'ommandmcnl\
are
thc
unl\'tr>al
b:t~is
for
much
or
Wcstcm law
and
mort~ltty.
V•ol.t·
tions
of the .sccond fivc comm11nd·
mcnts sull
form thC' b..
t"'
._,r
thc
F.R.I.
Crime lndex.
\Vhy
havcn"t
thesc
law)
nbo
pa~~d
in
lo history?
Do
che
y
ondoed
fo rm any basis ror Chmuan or
t:\'Cn
"humamMt(" bchav1or'?
Thc Ten
Commandmc:nt\,
though doob<yed wnh r<AUIJnt).
havo
passed
th< t<>l
O(
tome
(6.000
)e>rs!)
pr«i~ly
beciUSt
o>(
th<
postlÍ\'C
rcsults
tbal
wc dtro."11y
,1\,;~CpiCd
'WlU' ID
thc
i.':HUOU'
111\Mnc.:all\ l'lam
( •atiWII(I'IU
..uuJ
(irecL.
Ónhodn~' ~.:on,tltulc\1
lhe
mntn
rchg111l" :o!rc,tm:o.
10
Al~.,
111110
h(e 1
n
fnrL
pt1t.•r en "'-''-1mmu
01'1
t.lkcm.~er.
Albant.l,
\\hli.:h "'·' '
(tnt.e under
Turk•:o.h
rultr.:
'"<L'
tu
ropc·,
unl}
pn:ilom•narHI~
\1n..k.:•
n.tllon.
Buf
~lftl'('
1967 .all
nH,..,\{Ut''
.and
churches
ha'c heen d,N:O
httnl.tntt
1111
culle"~ll, ~
\\Of""hlp "' '
.an
3btupc
cnd
Tht cuunu, was
thcn
pro–
d.alme.J
b)
n~
•.:ommunu.l
0\t"rkH\J\
h)
he ..
che
"-Ofld·~
fitsl :nhtl..
ltC:
'l.llt."
h
~
,b
furthcr
do.:tdcd th.u
.tU
(.1tl/cn' ..
bould
remo'c tht•r
u.:fln\
and otbcr
rchg,tous ' '
mhc)l'
from lht1t
hum~.
Sorne:
d1urt·h
hu1lc.ltng>
v.ere
turncd
mto
public
mcetmg
halis
v.
hile othef'
"'~té
pemunencly
p.odloc~ed.
A'
a rc..uh
of the
pohC)·
ln)ll ~
IUtcd
sevcrat
yc-3r~
ago. Jlfh!Sl' rlc.)
longcr
officiate.
tauy
are
no
lvnger
pamttted
to
congreguu:.
and
\:hurch
doo~
are
no
longcr
opcn
re•
wclcomc
lht
dcstuutt.
A
cragcdy"
In 'ontc respecb "..:'
c:'pecaally for
chosc
ft\\
who
ac·
1U3II)
would s<:n.e
God
o(gl'<n lh<
opponunuy
Wc
1n
thc \\ es1em
world
ti.lc
ftrt"dom
or
rchg.•on
for
gr.antcd
Yet '"
$pliC
ar
our
rchg.ou'
ft«~
dom.
•&norancc
o( thc 81ble and
L.no"ledgc
of
tht prtccph
of
\hm.uanuy
are
(ar
too h1gh
Whldl
ts
worse'?
A
nauon
th3t
opcnf)·
admw•
no
dc:s1re
to
..cr'c
(";(kj
dOd
dcx,n't
or a
nat•on
thar
profc~es
Clm!!Uamty
but
wor·
~h i P'
<mly
wi th
cts
lips
not wuh
obcdtcncc?
The laucr
perhap:o.
1S
an
e"~:n
gre:uer tragedy
chan
the
outiJwtng
of
rchg.aon jn the ..v,.orld's
tlhl
:uhea,uc statc "
o
é\pcti<'AU:
"'heft
obe)10g all
of
tll<m'
l'o
le~
3
pt:rsonagc than
lhC'
loundtr
of
Chra~aanat)
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anto two
funda–
mental pnncaples -
lo,·c
coward
God
(che firsc four
command·
menl\) 41nd IO\e toward man
(Che
lasr
six).
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thcsc
dual fundamt"n·
mis
hung
a ll
the
Monte
hlw and
prophct tc prcccpcs
(~ee
Luke
10:25·28 and Ma uhew
22:36·40).
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prufound a nd prolifie theologoan
~bolar.
ond
Chnstian
"·r1ll!r
ol
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ume. fa11hfully
follo""ed
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teachm!
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regard
to
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or
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of
a ll
sound
dóélrmc
(Rom
13:9).
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11
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to
t\bc:)
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J.t'ttl.).
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Colllmandrncnts)
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pnor
to Moscs. prior to
H<tmmur.1bt.
pr1or
10
Ahraham
and
cvc:n
prior
to
Noah•s
ftood! f'or
study
guidcs
on
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your
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copy
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