A Lot Of People, Including Business Leaders,

Among The Many Problems With Taking The Bible Literally Is It Reduces The Most Mysterious And Complex Of Realities To Simple - Even Simplistic - Terms. Yes, Scripture Speaks Of Fire And Damnation And Eternal Bliss, But The Bible Is The Product Of Human Hands And Hearts, And Much Of The Imagery Is Allegorical, Not Meteorological.

The Middle Class, One Of The Great Achievements In History, Is Becoming More Of A Relic Than A Reality.

The Traditional Religious Right's Failure To Restore Public-school Prayer Or Pass An Antiabortion Constitutional Amendment Has Likely Helped Fuel The Spread Of The More Extreme Dominionist School.

One Of The Central Memories Of My Childhood Is Of Hunting - Not Well; I Am A Terrible Shot - Quail And Dove And Grouse On A Farm On The Tennessee River.

Like The Bible-a Document That Often Contradicts Itself And From Which One Can Construct Sharply Different Arguments-theology Is The Product Of Human Hands And Hearts.