Ehrenreich and the Bible. (Letters to the Editor).Barbara Ehrenreich Barbara Ehrenreich (born August 26 1941, in Butte, Montana) is a prominent liberal American writer, columnist, feminist, socialist and political activist. Biography Ehrenreich was born Barbara Alexander to Isabelle Oxley and Ben Alexander. wrote tongue-in-cheek in her June column ("P.R., Vatican-Style"), "First, challenge anyone to find in the Bible ... a single phrase or sentence forbidding the fondling or sodomizing of altar altar, table or platform for the performance of religious sacrifice. In its simplest form the altar is a small pile, with a square or circular surface, made of stone or wood. Its features vary according to its purpose. boys. (We have checked and you are on perfectly safe ground here.)" In fact, the Bible does have at least a single phrase or sentence forbidding just such a thing. In 1 Corinthians 6:9 (New International Version), Paul has a list of those who will not inherit To receive property according to the state laws of intestate succession from a decedent who has failed to execute a valid will, or, where the term is applied in a more general sense, to receive the property of a decedent by will. inherit v. the Kingdom. Although far from settled, one of the words in the list suggests that men in a mentoring relationship with young boys are "wicked" if they engage in sexual acts with the boys. Ehrenreich's fictional public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most firm obviously didn't do its homework. Although it is often slammed in public discourse, the Bible does have wisdom. Rev. Dr. Mike Kerr-Osman Patagonia, Arizona |
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